The comparison ends with a constrained force-planning exercise: improve all four navies without exceeding two percent or cutting other services. Nuclear-powered submarines are proposed for Canada as well as Australia because both fleets face long transits and need endurance on station. Offshore patrol vessels offer a different kind of common program because their baseline duties are similar enough for much greater standardization than frigates or destroyers allow. The choice is where commonality can save money while preserving the national fits required of high-end combatants.
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A two-percent fleet plan must choose where commonality pays
The closing challenge asks how each navy could modernize within a two-percent budget, with Canadian nuclear submarines and a shared OPV family as possible priorities.