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Back to the future: Canada’s plan to buy 12 submarines is straight out of 1987

Facing mounting criticism for failing to meet the NATO defence-spending target of 2 per cent of the GDP, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has announced the planned acquisition of up to 12 under-ice capable submarines to patrol the Northwest Passage and the broader Arctic region.

Wait, sorry – what’s that feeling I’m having? It must be déjà vu.

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