What would happen if Canada chose a South Korean destroyer instead of the British Type 26 partnership?
Short answerCanada would face a harder negotiation over domestic construction because the Korean offer is described as favouring ships built in South Korea.
NotesThe South Korean export approach is described as favouring construction in Korean yards. Britain's offer is presented as a design partnership that allows Canada to build its own ships. Choosing the Korean option would therefore complicate Canada's objective of developing domestic construction capability. Australia's French submarine program is used as a warning about work returning to the original supplier when the proposed local yard cannot meet the required standard. In that account, moving work overseas undermines one of the reasons for buying a partnership in the first place.