Run Silent, Run Cheap: Deciding on the Oberon-class Submarines, 1960–68
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https://doi.org/10.25071/2561-5467.1349Mots-clés :
Royal Canadian Navy, NATO, naval strategy, national defence, defence industry, procurement, politicsRésumé
Lors de la crise imminente du début de la Guerre froide, le Commandant suprême allié de l’Atlantique de l’Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord souhaitait que le Canada se dote d’une capacité sous-marine égale, sur le plan de la qualité, sinon de la quantité, à celle des autres pays alliés. Même si le Canada envisageait d’acquérir des technologies de sous-marins nucléaires, et même plusieurs nouveaux sous-marins d’attaque à propulsion classique, les politiciens étaient davantage soucieux de réduire les coûts et de dépenser le moins possible pour couvrir le plus grand nombre de missions possible. Le Canada a choisi d’acheter trois sous-marins opérationnels pour contribuer à la lutte anti-sous-marine, mais les sous-marins de classe Oberon qui ont finalement été retenus à la fin des années 1960 étaient complètement désuets et constituaient alors le seul choix qui s’offrait à la classe politique canadienne : les hésitations du Canada avaient privé sa marine de ses meilleures options en matière de capacités sous-marines. Le présent article raconte en détail jusqu’où sont allées les tergiversations fédérales sur la question des sous-marins dans les années 1960, un processus qui a failli à son tour faire échouer le programme de sous-marins du Canada.
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