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Originally Posted by SebC
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- Why won't nuclear subs ever happen? Cost/crew/harbour requirements?
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You require a whole different infrastructure to take care of the reactors on a submarines, and a whole different class of sailors to run and maintain them. instead of diesel mechanics you need people with a masters level in nuclear engineering. You would also need to create a whole new training and safety system.
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Originally Posted by SebC
- Why can't the F18s/F35s take care of pounding ground targets and intercepting aircraft? (What role do artillery/long-range AA serve?)
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You can use the f18/f35, but they are far more expensive to transport and maintain in a battle area. In Afghanistan Canada rented drones to provide over head security and intelligence gathering, however it would have been nice to put a maverick on some schmuck burying a roadside bomb.
Canada used Artillary to great effect in Afghanistan and Artillary is the great battlefield equalizer. but modern artillary is far more mobile and accurate and thats important.
In terms of the AA support. Eventually Canada is going to eventually be deployed again to a mission that involves a nation state that have either advanced missiles or aircraft on call, we need to update our systems to create a safe mobile bubble over our troops in the field.