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Friday, September 26, 2014

Canadian navy gets more money to keep subs at sea

HMCS WindsorThe cost to operate and maintain Canada’s submarine fleet is increasing, forcing the navy to request more funding to keep the vessels at sea.

The Royal Canadian Navy needs an additional $19 million for the sub fleet’s operating and maintenance costs for the period up to spring of 2016, the service’s new business plan states. That plan, which covers spending from 2014 to 2017 was obtained by the Citizen.

Ongoing government-ordered cuts “has severely reduced the RCN’s ability to mitigate the steadily increasing costs of the Submarine operating and maintenance,” the plan pointed out.

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