German armament secretary says there is a “mutual interest” in Canada to build its submarines.

There is nothing that prevents Canada from building half – perhaps more – from dozens of submarines that intend to buy the navy.

Jeans Blogner says the decision will agree to the Canadian government, but the idea is in the world of industrial possibility – and given the state of political geography may have a strategic meaning.

“You are looking to get 12 submarines. “This is a huge number,” Blogner said in an exclusive interview with CBC News this week.

“This is a very big program, and it will extend over many years, and although there will be mutual interest in building a first in one of the current production sites in Germany, I think it will be only normal if the Canadian government is asking TKMS, in parallel, to build production facilities here in Canada, so that this subsequent bowl can be built here.”

Thyssenkrup Marine Systems (TKMS) is one of two shipbuilding ponds in running to build a new submarine fleet in Canada. The Germans and Norwegians made partnership to raise Canada to buy a 212CD submarine.

Another competitor is Hanoa’s vicinity in South Korea.

During Prime Minister Mark Carnary’s visit to the TKMS ships in Kiel, Germany, at the end of August, Oliver Burkhard, CEO of the company, launched the idea of ​​building some boats.

Plötner’s comments are expanding in this matter, saying that TKMS has a history of building production facilities in other countries, and indicated that this is the way in which South Korea entered the submarine field.

Canada has never created submarines and does not have the current shipbuilding basins in the artistic knowledge of this time.

It is expected that regardless of the successful BID, the submarine maintenance facility in Canada must be built in order to maintain such a large fleet in the service.

“Flexibility in times of crisis”

“I think it is not only a maintenance and training site here in Canada, but in fact a production site, it will be an important contribution to our comprehensive flexibility in times of crisis or, God forbid, war,” Blovener said.

“If you have two places where you can keep, repair and build submarines, this is much better than only one.”

Canadian and German officials have not officially discussed the idea of ​​the Canadian production facility. But Plötner said, all they have to do is the question.

“I think the issue has been raised, but not yet this concrete way. I think we are not at that point yet,” Blovener said. “But as I said, if our Canadian friends choose to raise it, I think they will find open ears and minds in Kiel.”

The establishment of the Canadian submarine manufacturing facility would benefit from TKMS because the company faces a problem of production capacity. TKMS, which makes frigates and mine fishing technology as well as submarines, has multiplied three times the request book within five years.

From a practical perspective, such a TKMS scheme will require obtaining a Canadian ship building – or forming a kind of partnership with an existing facility.

The company recently acquired MV Werften Shipyard in Wasemar, Germany, to expand production.

Regardless of the help of the South Koreans in the submarine field for more than 20 years, TKMS acquired the shipyard in Uchina in Brazil in 2020 to build local frigates for the Brazilian Navy Tamandari program.

The submarine replacement program will be managed in Canada The newly created defense investment agency (DIA).

The Cabinet Secretary, Stephen Fahr, set the record a few weeks ago to say that Ottawa would prefer the stadium that creates the most Canadian jobs when he decides whether to grant the contract.

In unveiling the agency this week, he repeated his position.

Fahr said: “If you go and spend billions of dollars on submarines with another country, this is a relationship that you will get for a long time.”

“Can we work on this relationship in other ways that can benefit Canada economically and the partner we are working with?”