• cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Why would the US not be happy about this? It takes us closer to our 2%, and guarding the Arctic is easily the most natural role for Canada to fill.

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      4 months ago

      Could be argued that the US administration is more interested in making military equipment sales than bolstering NATO.

      I figure you’re right though. All our allies should be happy when Canada pulls it’s own weight.

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        4 months ago

        I’m not aware of the US selling their subs to anyone. They had a partial tech-sharing program with the UK a while back.

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              4 months ago

              The Chinese would have landed in Sydney by the time the French laid the keels for the subs in the deal they struck with Australia.

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          4 months ago

          US military sales are not limited to subs. Doubtless they want to sell more planes and everything else. You can look up graphs of US arms exports, it’s a lot.