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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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Adm Norman joins the discussion.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/navy-needs-to...rman-1.5293499
And while Norman hopes it doesn't reach that point, the former navy commander and vice-chief of the defence staff suggests officials should nonetheless start getting ready for pressure to scale back the number or quality of new ships.
"These are all conversations that I think legitimately, at some point, are going to have to happen," Norman said. "To pretend that they're not going to happen is naive. This is all about tradeoffs at the end of the day."
For his part, Norman is firmly in the camp that if the conversation comes down to significant cuts to the new warships' capabilities or building fewer vessels to save billions of dollars, quality should trump quantity [emphasis added].
"There's only so much blood you can get from that rock or you end up producing something which isn't really a frontline warship anymore," he said. "And ultimately, that's what this is all about."
So, be prepared for one of two things to happen:
(1) due to cost overruns, the Government maintains all of the requirements (quality, in other words), but at a cost of fewer ships (quantity). Quality over quantity; or
(2) due to cost over runs, the Government maintains the quantity of 15 ships, but at a cost of deleting some requirements/capabilities. Quantity over quality, in other words.
Option (1) makes the most sense. Option (2) doesn't make any sense, which probably makes it good odds that the Government will pursue this option.