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[-] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 109 points 21 hours ago
[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 106 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Hijacking the top comment to let people know this isn't in response to any American threats, this is Naval Group, a French naval defense company, showing off their submarine because Canada is looking to spend 60 billion on twelve submarines. The plans for this purchase were publicly announced on July 10, 2024.

Here's a French news article about the submarine, seeing as I couldn't seem to find any sources in English.

[-] bettylaw@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

I had real good tingle feels imagining France showing up on our coast during this part of history.
A real “we got you bro” moment in my imagination.

Le sad.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 12 points 13 hours ago

Naval Group, a French naval defense company

Ah shit, that's the same company Australia had a deal with to buy diesel subs, before our fuckwit former PM reneged on the deal to create AUKUS and buy American nuclear subs.

[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Weird that they specify "conventionally powered" in the Canadian article since this is a nuclear powered sub.

[-] VeganCheesecake 1 points 5 hours ago

I'm pretty sure that's a Suffren class, and there's both diesel and nuclear powered versions. Dunno how I'd tell from the outside, and don't think the caption is necessarily all that trustworthy.

[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Ah, that makes sense. It's like when the car dealer shows you the version of the car you want with slightly different features since the one you want isn't on the lot yet.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

I think it's because many nations with subs have nuclear-powered vs diesel-powered. Diesel doesn't have the vast capabilities to stay underwater for months like nuclear does.

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