Korean speed vs. NATO ties: Hanwha marketing blitz narrows Canadian submarine race with Germany's TKMS

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• ·Hanwha highlights faster delivery and missile-capable submarines, while TKMS stresses NATO interoperability and Canadian industrial ties as Ottawa nears a decision in the high-stakes bid.
• ·Korea's Hanwha Ocean has waged an unusually aggressive marketing blitz to win Canada's largest-ever military procurement, with the campaign seemingly rattling its German rival, TKMS.
• ·The German manufacturer has since fired back with industrial pledges and pointed remarks as Ottawa prepares to name a preferred bidder as early as this week.
• ·The final-stretch contest has narrowed what was once a clear German advantage.
• ·The Canadian Patrol Submarine Project, a plan to acquire up to 12 conventionally powered submarines to replace the navy's four aging Victoria-class boats, is valued at up to 60 billion Canadian dollars ($42.3 billion) over its full life cycle.