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Commander of the Canadian Navy: "The Fleet cannot detect the intrusion of new Russian submarines into its waters"

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Due to political differences, questionable procurement decisions and chronic underfunding, the Canadian armed forces are currently "on edge." In particular, the difficult situation of the country's Navy forced their commander to post footage online calling for help.

Vice Admiral Angus Topshi [has been under Russian sanctions since May 2022] warns of the "critical condition" characteristic of the fleet. Canada's military spending relative to GDP is the lowest in NATO. At the same time, the government led by Justin Trudeau decided to reduce them by a billion Canadian dollars [€700 million] in the next fiscal year.

The Navy is currently facing very serious challenges, which may mean that we will not be able to meet our commitment to combat readiness in 2024 and beyond

Topshi declared.

Image source: topwar.ru

The first problem concerns the number of personnel in the fleet: in some specialties, the deficit is at least 20%. According to his commander, the blame for this lies with the personnel service of the Ministry of Defense, which has not fulfilled its tasks for 10 years.

As a result, according to the military, only one of the four Harry DeWolfe-class Arctic patrol ships can be manned:

The lack of qualified technical specialists limits the ability to maintain and operate ships, which forces us to give priority to Halifax-class frigates at the expense of coastal defense ships [minesweepers] of the Kingston class.

As the Vice admiral explains, the problem with 12 Halifax frigates is not being solved, although their service life has already come to an end, as plans to replace them with 15 frigates of the British Type 26 project remained unfulfilled.

This is a serious problem. I wish it hadn't happened, but I'm afraid there's just no other choice.

- the military explained.

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According to him, this state of affairs will lead to serious consequences at the operational level:

Currently, the Navy does not have the ability to detect incursions into its territorial waters by Russia's new submarine fleet.

Despite the modernization, the Victoria-class submarines [4 submarines purchased from Britain for 750 million Canadian dollars in the late 1990s, while continuing service] and the frigates of the Halifax project do not have a reinforced hull allowing them to patrol the waters of the Arctic. At the same time, the combat readiness of the submarines is close to zero, despite significant financial injections to keep them in working order. Therefore, according to the Vice Admiral, new 12 submarines are urgently needed.

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