There's nothing stopping Canada from building half — maybe more — of the dozen submarines it intends to buy for the navy, Germany's armament state secretary tells CBC News.

Jens Plötner says the decision would be up to the Canadian government, but the notion is within the realm of industrial possibility — and given the state of geopolitics it might make strategic sense.

You're looking to acquire 12 submarines. That is a huge number," Plötner said in an exclusive interview with CBC News this week.

"This is a program so big, it will span over many, many years. And while there would probably be a mutual interest in building the first in one of the existing production sites in Germany, I think it would be only natural if the Canadian government would ask TKMS to, in parallel, build up produ

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