The economic value for Canada of 12 new submarines should not prohibit production, manufacturing or partial assembly of built-to-print components, especially to sustain the submarines. Photo by THYSSENKRUPP MARINE SYSTEMS/Postmedia files

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” — former United States admiral David Farragut

At the risk of misrepresenting this great quote, the developments related to the governments’ plan to replace the four aging Victoria-class submarines that have served Canada since the late 1990s have been bandied about for several weeks and need a reset.

The submarine program has become an icon for both the compelling need to modernize the long-suffering Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and for the government to demonstrate long-overdue changes to its procurement proc

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