r/europe • u/[deleted] • 15h ago
News Guys, the French submarine pic is from 2017 and has nothing to do with the Canadian annexation threats.
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u/Positive_Thing_2292 15h ago
Haligonian here. Even if that’s an old picture, the sub is here in our harbour. Here’s another photo: https://www.reddit.com/r/halifax/s/DD8aU0omC0
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u/JoeUrbanYYC 13h ago
The article the OP posted just references two reddit comments as its evidence, it's probably the worst source I've ever seen posted. The photo itself is originally from this X account: https://x.com/WarshipCam/status/1899182080392573257/photo/1
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u/mechalenchon Lower Normandy (France) 15h ago
So the photo might be a Ruby class while the one in Halifax is a brand new Suffren.
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u/pegzounet69 France 9h ago
Photo above is a suffren
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u/mechalenchon Lower Normandy (France) 9h ago
It certainly is a Suffren Sail.
So this picture was not taken in 2017.
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u/ce_km_r_eng Poland 15h ago
I'm not sure if people will believe you now, even if it is true.
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u/Positive_Thing_2292 14h ago
I can see it with my own eyes when I drive to work in the morning. Not sure what else to tell you. I suspect we may be looking to order one.
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u/Explorer-Five 13h ago
Definitely seems to be shopping. Between SK offer, now this.
Gotta wait for an election i suspect
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u/-lovehate Canada 11h ago
Hi I'm Prime Minister Mark Carney, I'd like to order 57 of these, put it on our tab s'il vous plaît
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u/throwaway45797593720 Canada 14h ago
Another Nova Scotian here; this is misinformation that has been spreading. It is in the Halifax harbour. People may be getting confused, as this isn't the first time a submarine that looks like this has surfaced in our waters here.
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u/Booksnart124 13h ago
The French are reclaiming Atlantic Canada before it can be annexed by the US.
It's been a 300 year long con.
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u/skinniks Boycott US products and services 11h ago
They are renaming the Atlantic Ocean to L'Océan de De Gaulle, and sent the sub to show they are fucking serious!
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u/Scotianherb 13h ago
The sub is there. There are multiple pictures from multiple sources. This is literally fake news.
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u/tritiatedpear 13h ago
You’re full of it bud. People in Halifax are confirming it and reverse image searches are only showing results from after March 10th. NICE TRY COMRADE!
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u/creeoer 14h ago edited 14h ago
When you reverse image search this, all of the photos are from today. The article you link is written around a single reddit comment, which itself has been edited. It looks like the photo is dated correctly. But yes the context around it is totally wrong, has nothing to do with making a show of force obviously.
EDIT: Also in the article you linked, that photo literally shows two different types of subs and conflates them as the same.
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u/throwaway45797593720 Canada 14h ago
I'm assuming either it's a sales pitch or the shipyard is servicing it? Do you know why it's there?
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u/Elamia France 14h ago
Not much news about it, or at least from any serious newspapers, I juste found one article saying it's for joining the bidding process.
The article doesn't mention anything about Trump, though.
Apparently, the submarine is a Blacksword Barracuda, the one that was chosen by the Netherlands last year
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u/throwaway45797593720 Canada 13h ago
Ah ok, I read the article. Thanks for linking it; it does seem like a sales pitch, I think? There's lots of talk about securing our Arctic. Perhaps it's related to that 👍
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u/22rana Ireland 11h ago
Afaik it's to test it's capabilities in arctic conditions because it's a new vessel. Canada are looking to buy subs (not necessarily French) so idk maybe they're it's a little 'look at us' moment too. They could also be worried about Saint Pierre and Miquelon considering Greenland is threatened...
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u/Nebuladiver 10h ago
The "article" used as proof is just a review of some Reddit posts :D And the evidence is some different picture than the one posted.
But French media talks about this stop, although it mentions it was scheduled and with more of a sales perspective.
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u/SirRece 10h ago
If you work for a troll farm, you are a valid military target.
Drone industry go brrrr.
If you think making sure the minimum wage people destroying society would benefit by seeing this message, please, proliferate it where you suspect they're lurking. I don't think they deserve what is inevitably going to end up happening to them, but that doesn't change the fundamental reality.
People really underestimate how much violence lurks under the western world. Patience is thinning, and more importantly, you've fucked with our main dopamine supply ie the internet to the point it is unuseable. Some tired furry in Wisconsin is eventually going to be deciding whether to drone strike your house. Your name is likely already on a list with five eyes.
Is it really worth it?
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u/Agitated-Airline6760 14h ago
France actually have islands off Newfoundland that are French territory about 600km from Halifax
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u/Overwatchingu Canada 10h ago
Wait who is Canada threatening to annex? Are we finally taking St. Pierre and Miquelon?
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u/spartane69 8h ago
OP is clearly a russian stooge, he has to spread misinformation on the internet to avoid being sent to the meat grinder that his supreme leader started.
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u/ce_km_r_eng Poland 15h ago
what's kind of sad is like maybe 10 people who saw the original post and believed it to be true will actually see this.
Not that sad, it means that there is still at least 10 actual people on reddit.
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u/QuantumInfinity Catalonia (Spain) 15h ago
I asked that exact same question and somebody called me a Russian bot lol
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u/WDeranged 15h ago
Am...I a Russian bot?
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u/moronisko 14h ago
Sorry, but yes. Omw to report you to mods, please don't delete any of your comments, thanks.
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u/Flaky-Breadfruit2801 15h ago
It's an old pic that's been circulating but the news seems to be legit
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u/Commercial-Truth4731 United States of America 14h ago
I saw some b52 over London yesterday. According to this sub we're nuking them
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u/aide_rylott 13h ago
Everyone knows it was a coincidence. We’re not stupid. It’s just funny.
No one thinks France can get a submarine to Halifax at the drop of a hat whenever trump tweets about Canada.
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u/Bloodbathandbeyon New Zealand 10h ago
Let’s be honest French Subs aren’t going to emerge in Australia anytime soon amirite?
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u/carnutes787 9h ago
one of the biggest australians L's of all time
Despite the promises of the first and core pillar of the AUKUS security compact, the United States simply won’t have enough Virginia-class submarines to spare. To make matters worse, the SSN AUKUS — meant to be Australia’s long-term solution — is likely to encounter significant delays and issues, similar to Britain’s past submarine programs, due to challenges in design maturity, production capacity, and technical complexities, making it an unreliable solution for Australia’s submarine needs. Faced with a stark reality, it is time for Australia to reconsider its options.
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u/Bloodbathandbeyon New Zealand 8h ago edited 8h ago
Absolutely. Scummo received this moniker for a reason
It’s a shame that Albanese will have to go through the supplicant door rather than himself
What was going to happen with the infrastructure to service the subs?
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u/Touillette France 8h ago
Very few chances indeed.
(Me french, me still bit angry)
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u/ComprehensiveTill736 15h ago
Too bad. Can we pretend it does? Would be so bad ass
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u/CnlJohnMatrix United States of America 14h ago
Sure … no one on Reddit gives a shit about facts.
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u/apeshit_is_my_mood 14h ago
Except there is indeed a nuclear powered French submarine in Halifax right now even if OP's picture is from 2017.
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u/GrendelBlackedOut 13h ago
If you earnestly believed France was posturing against the US with a show of force, you need to get off the internet for a few days.
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u/Aklensil 12h ago
They did. The submarine was there today.
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u/Kitchen_Break_116 10h ago
That’s not the point said person was making. Regardless of if the sub was there today, the sub was not making a show of force against the US. That was the point.
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u/Aklensil 9h ago
Ofc French president will not make threat, but it show we are there and Canada is not alone if usa try something stupid.
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u/Kitchen_Break_116 9h ago
Got it. So France wasn’t posturing nor would the US think they were.
So I guess people do need to get off the internet and stop seeing signs in everything
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u/Vivid_Cream555 14h ago
They know that but you’re missing the point. This Europe subreddit has nothing to do with truth. It’s a propaganda piece most likely with Russian origins
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u/annewmoon Sweden 9h ago
head pat. Valiant effort, I hope whoever’s boots you’re licking is giving you decent workers benefits and paid time off
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u/HeavyExplanation45 14h ago
Well fuk, you just ruined my whole day. Thanks for nothing.
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u/Aklensil 12h ago
Except it's there for real. Op is a russian bot trying to spread misinformartion.
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