The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy says Ottawa is working to narrow down what it wants from a new fleet of continental defence corvettes it’s hoping to obtain by the mid-2030s.
Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee told The Canadian Press he’s looking for ships with a long range that pack a punch in combat and can also deal with Arctic ice.
That will result in a set of requirements unique to Canada’s military—and there’s likely no ready-made, off-the-shelf designs on the market.
Topshee said he wants the new fleet to be “Canadian from the core” to the “absolute maximum extent possible, so that we can control our own destiny” with the new ship platform….