Canada is being advised to quickly replace its aging submarines with ones that can operate more effectively in the ice-bound Arctic, a region where the country’s top soldier has previously warned Ottawa only has a “tenuous hold” on its outer reaches.
Daniel Le Bouthillier, head of media relations at the Department of National Defence, said only one of Canada’s submarines is operational right now, meaning able to go on operations or exercises.a security pact between Australia, Britain and the United States that was struck to counter China’s rising military might in the Indo-Pacific region.
and Australians using a combination of British submarine design and U.S. technology. But the information-sharing aspect of the second pillar of AUKUS is seen as increasingly significant by analysts.Arctic Gen. Eyre told MPs Canada needs better underwater presence to track foreign activity, as well as an increased capacity to move troops there if necessary. “Our hold on our Arctic would be much more secure with greater subsurface domain awareness at sea and with greater capacity to deploy forces from the south strategically and efficiently on land,” Gen. Eyre said.
Mr. Lagassé said Canada should make it a priority to have submarines that can operate in Arctic waters year-round.
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