One of Canada's new Victoria class submarines , HMCS Windsor, is docked at the CFB Halifax Dockyard. Sandor Fizli/The Globe and MailSSNs For Canada - Potentially A Bargain -- Information Dissemination
CBC News is reporting that the Harper Government is at least pondering the idea of cutting their losses with the Victoria class submarines and replacing them with nuclear submarines. The Victoria class submarines have been plagued with problems since being acquired from the UK, and despite being described as the "military bargain of the century" when purchased for $750 million in 1998, they have become anything but.
The submarines are currently all out of service, with HMCS Victoria the soonest to potentially return to service by late next year. The article describes the issues.
One of the subs, HMCS Chicoutimi, has been in active service of the Royal Cana [...]
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