Replacing the Subs

[PrairieFella]

I'm sure the French stuff is fine but the SK stuff seems like a total slamdunk. Does the Shortfin offer any benefit of the Korean subs?

 

[Czech_pivo]

Bingo, but it’s called the Blacksword now. And a lot of it is based on the the Sufferin Class tech (not the engine of course but pretty much everything else).

Interesting piece of news out of Holland about the Blacksword (Okra) which Holland has choosen.

“Another subject of tension, which has always appeared in the Dutch press, is the supposed refusal, on the part of the United States, to arm the new French submarines with BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles. According to this thesis, otherwise poorly supported, but widely commented on Dutch social networks, Washington should refuse to work with French industrialists on this subject.”

 

[Rainbow1910]

And what’s their production timelines like when compared to the SK?
They willing to establish a maintenance facility over here for us?

The French have their own SSN, SSBN and now the Dutch SSK programs to all fulfill, alongside all of the other foreign submarine programs they are courting at the moment. I find it very hard to believe that they could take on our 12 boat order and still be able to make good on our timeline, not even considering the domestic infrastructure and agreements they'd have to make.

 

[Czech_pivo]

The French have their own SSN, SSBN and now the Dutch SSK programs to all fulfill, alongside all of the other foreign submarine programs they are courting at the moment. I find it very hard to believe that they could take on our 12 boat order and still be able to make good on our timeline, not even considering the domestic infrastructure and agreements they'd have to make.

That was what I was thinking as well.
The timelines don’t line up.
Even if they somehow magically sprinkle pixie dust on us and say, ‘viola mon ami, you can build it in Canada with our help’, it ain’t going to happen.