Canada Looks Towards South Korea to Build Submarine Fleet

It looks like the Korean defense industry has found yet another potential customer:

Second from left, Vice Admiral Angus Topshee, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, is briefed about HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Aegis destroyer, the King Jeongjo the Great, at the shipbuilding site in Ulsan on Tuesday. [HD HYUNDAI]

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) is in discussions with Canada regarding potentially contributing to the nation’s naval defense.  
  
Vice Admiral Angus Topshee, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, toured the HHI’s Ulsan headquarters as part of discussions related to Canada’s upcoming Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), estimated to be worth 60 trillion won ($42.8 billion), the company said Tuesday. 
  
Canada’s Department of National Defence is in the process of acquiring up to 12 3,000-ton submarine fleets in a bid to strengthen the nation’s maritime defense as part of the project.

Joong Ang Ilbo

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