According to Canadian Daily News, South Korea has sold new military equipment, including submarines, with Canada, to Canada.
Last week, more than a dozen South Korean defense industry and government officials visited Ottawa and “proposed to provide Canadian forces with a variety of new equipment, including howitzers, training aircraft, rocket launchers and submarines,” he said. Ottawa Citizen Report.
This approach – Oath is a trusted ally that can quickly implement the defense system – in dispute against U.S. President Donald Trump Bilateral relations between escalating trade disputes and inflamed.
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Ottawa citizens said the move shocked U.S. allies around the world and made them “rethink their security arrangements.”
It noted that European officials are seeking to “buy more military equipment from domestic or non-American sources to reduce the increasingly unstable president’s dependence on a country.”
Indeed, the guardian said Boycott of Tesla electric cars has expanded to all U.S. goods It has now spread from Canada to Europe.
Submarines are “valued for Arctic Operation”
One of the North Korean tourists in Ottawa is a retired South Korean Admiral Steve Jeong, now vice president of Hanwha Ocean. He promoted the company's KSS-III submarine, which is currently in use, saying it can meet all the requirements of Canada and could be of great benefit if Canada establishes a secure supply chain.
“Once the contract is signed, we can deliver it within six years,” he was quoted as saying to Ottawa citizens.
South Korean submarines (three of them have been built) can operate underwater for more than three weeks without having to surface.
They reportedly owned over 7,000 sailing miles, which would make them valuable for Arctic Operations.
Issues related to expensive U.S. defense systems
“Maintenance facilities will be established in Canada Different from the US weapon systemKoreans will provide Canada with full access to airborne technology. Additionally, Hanwha has signed an alliance with Canadian companies to engage in potential work on the proposal. ”
South Korea provides billions of military equipment to European countries—tanks, missile systems, light attack aircraft and howitzers provide to Poland, plus howitzers also provide to Romania—in part because it can deliver the system faster than the United States.
According to a Reuters report in October 2024, its weapons are compatible with common NATO standards.
The report said South Korea was forced to develop a strong defense industry because it had “unreasonable requirements with the equipment produced in the United States.”
Canada has faced a similar dilemma as the United States controls the software and hardware systems needed for the F-35 fighter upgrades, as well as the critical systems on the new warships “allowed the Americans to fix the country in future upgrades, and even provide spare parts,” it said.
The country spent tens of billions of dollars on F-35 and a ground ship (very small in Canada).
Military leaders were reportedly distributed due to the close integration of the defense forces of the two countries.
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