Germany wants to sell Canada advanced submarines

On Monday, the defense ministers of Germany and Norway visited Ottawa, Canada’s capital, to promote the sale of German–Norwegian submarines that they claim are the world’s most advanced. Canada, Germany and Norway formed a maritime security partnership last year, with Denmark joining earlier this year. Committing to the purchase means agreeing to decades of security partnership. Canada is also considering a competing offer from South Korea. German Defense Minister Pistorius argued, “They build excellent submarines; we build better ones.” This is part of Europe’s effort to pull Canada into its sphere.