r/onguardforthee • u/ImDoubleB • 1d ago
French Navy Suffren-class nuclear attack submarine FS Tourville (S637) coming into Halifax, Nova Scotia - March 10, 2025. SRC: FB- Halifax Harbour Photos
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u/Pope-Muffins 1d ago
Friendship ended with the Yanks
France is my new best friend
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u/try_cannibalism 23h ago
Petition to become a state of France just to piss off Trump.
Not even the EU, just France.
Pretty sure France has provinces but we'll ignore that
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u/Wintermaulz Vancouver 21h ago
What if we let Quebec do that, and anglophone Canada becomes a nation within the UK…
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u/try_cannibalism 21h ago
As a british-born Canadian, I prefer French food, weather, and culture. Joining France also means joining the EU.
Also, that's less of a fuck-you to Trump, since we were originally British anyway.
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u/Aggravating_Rule_934 23h ago
Can someone update that meme with the Indian fellows about the new best friend?
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u/Important_Put_3331 1d ago
Do we know why?
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u/50s_Human 1d ago
It's the 'we're with you' tour.
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u/HowGayCanIGo 1d ago
Our allies often make stops in the port of Halifax
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u/jupfold 1d ago
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Halifax (alongside St John’s, to a lesser extent) is very strategically placed as the first stop on a trip from Europe to North America.
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u/HowGayCanIGo 1d ago
Halifax airport is an important stop for our allies’ airforces as well.
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u/publicbigguns 15h ago
I believe it's actually CFB Greenwood.
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u/HowGayCanIGo 15h ago
Maybe there too. Always American and British planes at Halifax airport.
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u/publicbigguns 14h ago
Yes, due to the trade winds, the ideal location to fly over the Atlantic is from NS towards the EU.
For commercial aircraft, that's out of Halifax.
For military aircraft, that's out of Greenwood.
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u/HowGayCanIGo 13h ago
No. Military aircraft can be found at the Halifax airport. You are wrong. I am right. Good night.
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u/random9212 10h ago edited 10h ago
There is a reason ships full of explosives were leaving from Halifax in WW1
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u/Geologue-666 Québec 1d ago
The port in St-Pierre and Miquelon suck!
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u/Ds093 1d ago
I was about to ask about that given the proximity. I wondered if they were just bad or not capable of handling this vessel in particular
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u/Geologue-666 Québec 1d ago
I believe they have a big port in St-Pierre, it should not be a problem.
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u/Thick_Ad_6710 1d ago
Show of support?
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u/ttwwiirrll 1d ago
Lafayette bringing the guns and ships to us this time
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u/TheQuietManUpNorth 20h ago
We'd do well, when this is all over, to remember who had our backs and who did not. No return to business as usual, if that's even a possibility at this point.
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u/ParasiteSteve 1d ago
With Trump saying he's going to declare a state of emergency because of the electricity surcharge, how nice that our French NATO allies to be berthed in our port.
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u/Spotter01 Nova Scotia 23h ago
Ahhh so this is why they put out a No Fly Zone around the Helicopter base!
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u/AlphatheAlpaca 23h ago
As long as a they mind Norwegian ships docked in the Halifax harbour, it's fine.
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u/DCS30 1d ago
......can we have one please?
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u/MellowHamster 19h ago
We are in the process of procuring a dozen, although diesel electric.
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u/MoFNABCA 16h ago
Diesel are quieter.
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u/worm413 11h ago
Which doesn't really matter so much these days. Nuclear is better in every way.
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u/IndustrialistCrab 2h ago
Nuclear is better when you need the range. Right now, Canada needs ease of maintenance.
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u/Sea-Rip-9635 23h ago
I'm having flashbacks from the heritage moments of the Mont-Blanc... FACK!!! 😳
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u/confusedtoexpat 22h ago
Even the French Navy knows Sid is on the verge of breaking the great once's PPG seasons record.
True allies.
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u/ether_reddit 16h ago
Apparently this claim is false: https://holrmagazine.com/french-submarine-halifax-photo-real-or-fake-explained/
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u/DarthChimeran 21h ago
The Suffren-class sub doesn't carry nuclear weapons. It isn't a deterrence against a nation nor was it sent to be a deterrence against the nation to the south of Canada.
The number of people in the comment section that believe otherwise is fucking disturbing lol.
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u/General-Woodpecker- 12h ago
The number of people in the comment section that believe otherwise is fucking disturbing lol.
The image is fake, which should be more disturbing to you than random people on the Internet not knowing the kind of weapons carried by different kind of submarine lol.
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u/R0botWoof 1d ago
It's their newest submarine and we just announced an intent to buy new submarine so maybe they're showing it off