{"id":46334,"date":"2026-07-13T13:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=46334"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:41:24","slug":"canada-is-spending-billions-of-dollars-on-new-submarines-so-what-are-they-actually-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=46334","title":{"rendered":"Canada is spending billions of dollars on new submarines \u2014 so what are they actually for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/canada-is-spending-billions-of-dollars-on-new-submarines--so-what-are-they-actually-for\/article_e22eaf4f-4d5a-43c1-ba33-9f8f712a847c.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4c2fb28c858.image_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:168px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now that the bidding is over, it\u2019s time we turned to some unanswered questions about our forthcoming fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/canada-is-spending-billions-of-dollars-on-new-submarines--so-what-are-they-actually-for\/article_e22eaf4f-4d5a-43c1-ba33-9f8f712a847c.html\">Canada is spending billions of dollars on new submarines \u2014 so what are they actually for?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>usa wasn&#8217;t really in the running since they only make nuke subs.<br><br>fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When <strong><em>we decided against nuclear-powered submarines<\/em><\/strong>, we ruled out any manufacturer in the United States and were thrust into the global marketplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the bidding is over, it\u2019s time we turned to some&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[84,515,835,57],"class_list":["post-46334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-canada","tag-germany","tag-submarines","tag-usa","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46337,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46334\/revisions\/46337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}