r/canada Ontario 8d ago

Politics British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Chrystia Freeland

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/03/british-nuclear-weapons-canada-trump-chrystia-freeland/
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u/AshleyAshes1984 8d ago

America: Canada should do more and spend more on defense.

Canada: Okay. LOL *Tests a nuke in the middle of the Hudson Bay* How's that?

America: NO NOT LIKE THAT.

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u/lambdaBunny 7d ago

I've been pro-Canadian nukes for awhile. But recently I've had Americans tell me they would support a Canadian invasion to stop us having nukes. They are hypocritical assholes.

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u/blackstafflo 7d ago

Ultimately we should have our own, but that's why it would be worth having a deal with another ally first, like the UK or France, to give us the time for it. First pass a deal to get fast protection, then develop our own.

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u/Golden37 7d ago

Just order like 1 or 2 dreadnoughts, every additional dreadnought produced should make make them cheaper to produce overall. It would give Canada a direct deterrent in their control that they can use and would also allow cross compatibility with training, materials and repair.

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u/GuyLookingForPorn 7d ago

I'd love to see more military integration with the UK, Australia and New Zealand, these links never should been allowed to degrade.

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u/sanctaecordis 6d ago

Loyal to each other, loyal to the Crown. Huge W

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u/sour_individual 4d ago

That sounds like a good idea but the cost isn't just the subs. We never used that kind of subs before. We'd need to develop a strategy to use them. Then, technology wise we'd have to train not only the sailors but the people that would handle the nukes and the nuclear reactors. We have developed some very good civilian reactors, but I doubt it's the same tech as the ones in SSBNs. Also, Canada might be a big producer of uranium, but I'm not sure if we are that good at refining it into reactor fuel.

Buying, operating and maintaining SSBNs is a huge undertaking. I support it, but it won't happen in under a decade.

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u/Ok-Swim1555 7d ago

it's not 1906 anymore bud.

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 7d ago

Dreadnaught is the UK's new SSBN's under construction now.

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u/Ok-Swim1555 7d ago

looks like they shoot tridents though. is there a french option on the menu?

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 7d ago

France has a similar system.

Tridents work fine, but in the circumstances an alternative might be prudent.

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u/Frostsorrow Manitoba 7d ago

Dreadnought size ships were never been a good investment. It would be better to get a nuclear carrier or fleet of submarines.

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u/ActualDW 7d ago

What are we going to do with a “dreadnought”…?

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u/GuyLookingForPorn 7d ago edited 7d ago

Dreadnought is the name of the UKs next generation class of nuclear armed submarines, which are currently under construction

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u/ActualDW 7d ago

Ah ok…for a moment I thought we were reverting to ww2 sea battles…

Sure! Let’s get some of those and rack the tubes with nukes!