Submarine HMCS Windsor hobbled after $209M refit

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

Those subs are cursed.

Concur. I wish we had dumped these long ago and bought something -anything - else.

I keep saying that the US has a surplus of boomers tied up alongside at Bremerton and for what you folks have burned on these British heaps you could have a really awesome sub fit for launching a hundred or more Tomahawks or other similar cruise missiles.

Worst. Military. Procurement. Ever.

Tell you what, if the Argies start something in the Falklands again, I vote we
help the Brits with a gift of 4 subs.

Never been used, low mileage too !

At least they'll draw fire away from the subs with actual combat ability.

I keep saying that the US has a surplus of boomers tied up alongside at Bremerton and for what you folks have burned on these British heaps you could have a really awesome sub fit for launching a hundred or more Tomahawks or other similar cruise missiles.

That may be true, but the cost of the infrastructure for the upkeep and maintenance of their power plants would be prohibitive. Does Canada really need Boomers, I think a few fast attack subs would be more in keeping with the needs of the RCN.

They're in training to become artificial reefs

A Boomer could be either the Ohio conventional attack, WMD attack or you could obtain a Los Angeles Class Attack. We have two Los Angeles Class moored at Corpus.

That's what we get when we try to do national defense "on the cheap".

Watch some future government do worse. I'm not sure how yet, but the Government of Canada will find a way!

I SERIOUSLY doubt the U.S. government would sell a used nuclear powered anything, let alone a sub regardless of the type.

I keep saying that the US has a surplus of boomers tied up alongside at Bremerton and for what you folks have burned on these British heaps you could have a really awesome sub fit for launching a hundred or more Tomahawks or other similar cruise missiles.

You keep saying something that's a bad idea won't make it a good idea.

Watch some future government do worse. I'm not sure how yet, but the Government of Canada will find a way!

Uh, look at any of our current procurement ideas.

Yeah, they'll do worse.