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Emrys

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8. We can currently only manage to deploy one at sea at any given time,

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #6)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:35 AM

May 3

and we're struggling even to keep that up.

Stationing a sub in Canada would defeat the rationale for having a submarine-based nuclear force. They're meant to be at sea.

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