Canada Buys 65K New Assault Rifles, Modernizing Forces
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Canadas military is set to acquire over sixty-five thousand new assault rifles from Colt Canada, replacing aging models used since the Afghan war. The first phase of the program involves thirty thousand general service rifles at a cost of three hundred seven million dollars, with a second phase adding nineteen thousand more and sixteen thousand full spectrum versions. The upgrade, a top priority for modernization, is expected to cost between five hundred million and one billion dollars, with at least eighty percent Canadian content. The government expedited the process using a risk-based funding approach, potentially scaling up to three hundred thousand rifles with ninety-three billion dollars in new defence spending.
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