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Originally Posted by Azure
Can't we just buy nuclear subs from the US?
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As nice as it would be, a nuclear submarine is an entirely different breed from a diesel electric sub.
We'd have to completely change our training methods and add a nuclear engineering course to submarine training.
As well a Diesel Electric Commander might not be the best commander on a nuclear boat.
The tactics are different.
The Navy would need to create infrastructure for the storage of nuclear fuel and the disposal of nuclear fuel.
Boat maintenance is completely different.
The American's and Russians and other nations that have nuclear subs had a steep and decades long learning curve.
There was a dream for a while that Mulroney was going to purchase some 688 boats, but when they studied it it was unrealistic.