OTTAWA — Canada’s traditional North Atlantic allies won out in the federal government’s high-cost hunt for modern submarines Monday, with Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing that Ottawa will buy its new fleet through a German-Norwegian partnership in what could be the largest military purchase in Canadian history.
The decision to go with German-based shipbuilder TKMS over South Korea’s Hanwha means Canada intends to replace its aging fleet of second-hand diesel submarines with craft that its builders bill as stealthy, capable of Arctic operations and “fully” compatible with the needs of allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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