Planned submarine buy will be ‘eye-wateringly expensive,’ but the Navy ‘desperately’ needs them, say defence experts

'Finding the money for this weapon system will be the biggest hurdle,' says Canadian Forces College professor Paul Mitchell.

Defence Minister Bill Blair announced that Canada is launching a procurement process to buy up to 12 conventionally powered submarines at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., on July 10.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

August 1, 2024

Canada needs to quickly fulfill its commitment to purchase submarines, defence experts say, but it will be an expensive and challenging process to get the deal done.

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