Canadian media said the submarine should be to upgrade the old battle for the Arctic
Date:2011-08-31Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
Canada “Victoria” class conventional submarines
recent years, more and more medium and small countries to compete for marine interests of the conventional submarines as a magic weapon, French, German and Russian submarines are so hot. But many people do not know, as the main force in the British nuclear submarine is conventional submarines have power.
Britain in the 1970s built the ships, “Victoria” class conventional submarines, submarine support missions. In 1998, Canada imported from the United Kingdom four “Victoria” class replaces the old “Oberon” class submarines.
now, “Victoria” level is still healthy and strong. According to the Canadian television news network reported on May 2, during the Canadian Navy surface ships and submarines to launch the renovation project, a comprehensive upgrade of four “Victoria” class submarines. Public opinion analysis, the battle in the Arctic warming in the context of Canada to strengthen the “underwater fleet ‘strength, it may want to check the neighboring strong sea power. (Jose)
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