CANADA has announced it will spend CAD463 million (US$345 million) to build 15 new warships at the Irving Shipyard in Nova Scotia as part of the delayed Surface Combatant (CSC) programme, reports Fort Lauderdale’s Maritime Executive. The 6,900-tonne warships, called ‘Global Combatant Ships’, would be used to replace both the Halifax-class frigates and Iroquois-class destroyers. The new vessels would be tasked with counter-piracy, counter-terrorism, interdiction, and embargo operations, and to...
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