New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

[Stoker]

Considering the multi year refits of the Halifax Class are in the vicinity of 500M and increasing as they often have to replace structure and even then delays and Halifax dockyard work makes a refit of the class a very very expensive endeavor. Its almost worth it to buy a few light frigates to tide us over and make them the deployers. Eventually talking those if in good condition to give or sell to an allied nation.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Considering the multi year refits of the Halifax Class are in the vicinity of 500M and increasing as they often have to replace structure and even then delays and Halifax dockyard work makes a refit of the class a very very expensive endeavor. Its almost worth it to buy a few light frigates to tide us over and make them the deployers. Eventually talking those if in good condition to give or sell to an allied nation.

I think you may be on to something. What's available out there ?

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Keeping in mind the threat will not always be subs, but the things like the Chinese fishing fleet, which are really an arm of the PLAN. Coupled with armed drone boats. Throw in the task of playing bumper boats with the Chinese "Coastguard" and what we and the Philippines need is a ship with ice breaking steel and thickness, but more speed to escort supply vessels and can happily engage in bumper boating.

Also would love to see one of the western navies have a modern version of this. Multiple rapid fire medium calibre guns, with an armoured belt to fend off drone boat attacks , add in modern sensors and missiles for defense and for Anti-ship. Along with excess power generation capability for upcoming weapon systems like Lasers and railguns.

 

[NavyShooter]

I suggest that as Canadians, we should simply look back in history and bring back a form of Project Habakkuk.

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[Kirkhill]

I suggest that as Canadians, we should simply look back in history and bring back a form of Project Habakkuk.

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It has the advantage that a pykrete Arctic OPS would stay in the arctic.

 

[dapaterson]

I suggest that as Canadians, we should simply look back in history and bring back a form of Project Habakkuk.

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The main question: will the ice be from Quebec?