Oh don't worry I'm sure an hypothetical Québec country would be willing to throw a bone to the Ontario shipyards and let them do the maintenance on the corvettes.
lol (Like Germany or South Korea will do for Canada r/ the new subs...)
Fundamentally the larger this design becomes and the further it evolves from an actual Kingston replacement, the fewer vessels the RCN is going to get. With it increasingly looking like the CDC is morphing into a multi-thousand ton corvette-esque combatant, I would expect something like 6-8 vessels if all 15 River class ships are eventually delivered. The RCN runs the risk of flying too close to the sun if they get too capable of a ship for the CDC, as it will call into question politically and financially "why aren't we just getting more of these instead of the big expensive vessels?" If the River class is cut down, you could see more ships but I ultimately think that is a very bad decision.
Absolutely spot on wrt the River to Corvette ratio. Losing Rivers in order to have more less expensive corvettes, crap decision which sadly will be entertained by our pollies no doubt.
Haven't seen it this way. Very true.
nTACS is for multiple applications, perhaps some V-280s from the US and helicopters from Europe. A SK sub purchase likely means German tanks and SPGs but SK has some viable alternatives. Too bad GCAP is a ways off because I wouldn’t object to a mixed fleet of F-35s and GCAPs, especially if Trump continues his BS and let’s face it LM and P&W haven’t performed upgrades on time and costs are increasing and readiness rates ~50-60%. LM is fortunate there are no viable alternatives.
Great read. Both are very capable subs and I'll be very happy if they pick the KSS-III to be honest but this part leaves a bit confused: "For Canada, that means the 212CD is a stealthy ambush submarine first and a strike platform only if Ottawa decides to fund non-trivial integration work."
The submarine launched NSM was reportedly cancelled in 2021. Netherlands and Spain are proposing a TTL (torpedo tube launched) version of the JSM (Joint Strike Missile), with the JSM also being a development of the NSM. If this missile was to be selected as the long-range land attack missile there would still be integration work required for whichever submarine is selected.