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This is old news, and the selection of Schiebel has been noted elsewhere (albeit Schiebel themselves ONLY announced this on 10-September). I did not go looking for this until today which is why I did not post earlier. On 10-Sep-2025, Schiebel put out a press release (link to PDF here). Some...

Naval-news has a recent article on the Lionfish 30mm gun: LEONARDO Unveils Lionfish 30 Turret at Sea Future 2025 The article also links to this youtube video 30mm Lionfish gun : My understanding is the Canadian navy plans to procure 2 of these guns (one port, one starboard) for each of the...

A number of news reports, have posted on L3 Harris being awarded a contract for VSS, which I missed until earlier today: and Both articles more or less say the same thing, albeit with different titles, and some text wording differences. Below is clipped/mixed from both articles (and not a...

I have not read much about the River Class Destroyer as of late, and so I was a bit curious as to what was transpiring on the project. So I spent some minutes and skimmed/searched through the US Department of War contract site for any Foreign Military Sales that might be relevant to the River...

I have been puzzling for the past few months over this June-2025 MDA announcement that I posted about back in June-2025: https://mda.space/article/mda-space-awarded-60-million-for-next-phase-of-river-class-destroyer In it the article states: I am trying to pin down what these two critical...

A key factor in the submarines Canada is considering is their AIP systems, which gives them a massive jump in capability over the old Victoria class. I took a stab at comparing the AIP in the Hanwha KSS-III Batch-II to that of the AIP in the TKMS Type 212CD. I knew very little about this to...

Looking back at an old post, I think i am wrong here. I am not certain, but I think the KSS-III-batch-1 has lead acid batteries, and not lithium. However I believe Singapore have operational at least one, and possibly two type TKMS Type-218SG (which I believe are an improved Type-214) which...

Another thought on this, in regards to potential work load on TKMS. They have also proposed a modified Type-214 to India, and have an active build of a Type-218SG with Singapore. While the teams aren't strictly identical, the three major submarine programs—India's ToT (Type 214), Singapore's...

Turkey and Qatar have signed several military cooperation and implementation agreements since 2007, which cover training, joint exercises, intelligence sharing, and the deployment of troops, but they do not publicly in any agreement promise to come to eithers aid if attacked. If there is such...

One last look at this, although for Canada this is likely a bit of a moot point in terms of which submarine will be selected - as I believe this is now done more to Industrial benefits rather than schedule. Greece (and Canada) are not the only NATO countrys considering both the KSS-III...

Canada is not the only NATO country to have South Korea propose the KSS-III-batch-II submarine. I recently read in Army Recognition (14-Aug-2025 article) that South Korea's Hanwha Ocean has proposed the KSS-III-batch-II submarines to Greece with cruise and ballistic strike capabilities . This...

Replying to my own post, on the topic of my view that the Canadian Navy would be well served to participate in some manner in the USA C2BMC (with such functionality/equipment added to the River Class), earlier today I stumbled across this older Canadian Forces College paper, which I believe is a...

I have been pondering as to what will be the manning requirement for these submarines. This is important, as from what I have read, even today the Canadian Navy is struggling to recruit the number of sailors needed. The Navy seems to have lost its glamour of days of yore, and given on a...

For my own curiousity, I was comparing the potential upfront "domestic" costs of the German TKMS Type-212CD to the South Korean KSS-III-batch-II submarine (based on available public information), in the context of a Canadian Submarine procurement. I read (where I have re-worded): (1a) for...

Here is a link to what I though a decent article, although I believe all the points in the article have already been covered in this defencehub thread: https://www.michaeljlalonde.com/2025/09/15/which-submarine-should-canada-buy/ Having typed that, I believe at this time, the technical pros...