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Morpheuswipe face/off  11mo ago (theglobeandmail.com) 211 thread views #230521

Never fear the might of the formidable :marseycanada: Navy is here to protect the red sea

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-to-join-us-led-naval-mission-to-safeguard-red-sea-from-iran

Canada is joining a U.S-led maritime force to protect commercial ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack from drones and ballistic missiles fired from parts of Yemen controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

Canada's initial contribution will be a handful of personnel, two government sources said. One of the sources said these will be staff officers who will likely be assigned to work at a regional U.S. command and help with operational planning.

The ideal vessel for this maritime force would be an air-defence destroyer, able to handle threats such as anti-ship ballistic missiles, but Canada doesn't have such a capability at the moment.

>Stop right there Houthi scum!

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1703031713204787.webp

This is a navy that used to have aircraft carriers

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17030317133296258.webp

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Canada bought a french helicopter frigate, but without the helicopter

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Canadian defence procurement is always a fun ride

On 16 July 2010, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government announced that it intended to procure 65 F-35s to replace the existing 80 McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornets

On 19 October 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada under Justin Trudeau won a majority in part on a campaign promise to not buy the F-35, but instead "one of the many, lower-priced options that better match Canada's defence needs".

A formal competition was launched to select a new fighter, which included the F-35. On 28 March 2022, the government announced that the competition process had selected the F-35A

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