- Reaction score
- 1,931
- Points
- 1,260
What is potentially concerning with the Nor/Ger sub is the timelines.Without any inside information, and as a non-submariner, if you asked me to place a bet right now I'd guess that the Germans will win the competition.
Even if it isn't the most capable boat, the pitch they're making of split nationality German/Norwegian/Canadian training crews should probably win the bid alone, because IMO it's the only "easy" way to dig ourselves out of the submariner Force Generation hole we're in and start expanding the submarine service by a few hundred people.
Now whether this consideration will receive appropriate weight in a PSPC bid evaluation is another story altogether.
By around 2032/33, they are producing 1 sub per year, with the first available time slot being 2036 for the RCN to receive its 1st sub. There are still 2 Norwegian subs to be delivered in that time frame. If they take a sub in 2037, then us in 2038 and in 2039 Norway takes there last boat, that puts us getting our 3rd boat in 2040 and our last boat in 2049, 25yrs from now, assuming we purchase 12 subs.
Will that work for us? I believe 2036 is after our last sub has been mothballed.