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Broadsides: CNN: Huge Russia Military Build-up in the Arctic
David Dunlop, 7 April 2021
David Dunlop, 5 April 2021
CNN has recently reported on Russia’s massive build-up of its military in the Arctic region. The Cold War bases are being retrofitted and new bases being rapidly being built in support of the Air Force and Naval fleets. Russia is also expanding its network of air and coastal defence missile systems, to strengthen its anti-access and area-denial capabilities over key portions of the Arctic. A recent addition to the Russian naval arsenal is the new Poseidon 2M39 Nuclear Torpedo (also known as the “Doomsday Torpedo") of which Russia hopes to conclude testing phase this year with full production beginning in 2022. This weapon has greatly concerned the West allies, and the US in particular. Russia's new Naval Tsirkon hypersonic surface-to-surface missile is also in the testing phase using the new Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate as a testing bed, with introduction to the fleets by next year. All of this brings concern and hope that Canada’s CSC Frigate program with its new SPY 7 V1 LRDR technology, strike-length missiles can counter this growing threat. An interesting read: Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic - CNN
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Current CNR issue
Volume 16, Number 3 (2021)
- Winner of the 2020 CNMT Essay Contest: Canada and the Fourth Battle of the Atlantic – by Commander Peter Sproule
- “We Will Not March at the Back”: The Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service – by Sub-Lieutenant Lisa Tubb
- Chemical Weapons Disposal and the Scuttling of LST 3521 in 1946 – by Alex Souchen
- Ice Navigation and Arctic Security – by Captain Donald Gibson
- Cyber Considerations for Maritime Operations in the Canadian Arctic – by Major Bruno Perron and Kristen Csenkey
- Dollars and Sense: Canada’s Surface Combatant Costs - Dave Perry.
Previous CNR issues
Volume 16, Number 2 (2020)
- Editorial: Is It Time for a New Concept of Canadian Seapower? - by Rob Huebert;
- For Want of a Nail, the Kingdom was Lost - Vice-Admiral (Ret’d) Sir Jeremy Blackham;
- Canadian Civil-Military Relations: 1962 and the Cuban Missile Crisis - Bill E. Featherstone;
- Power Estimates for an Arctic AIP Submarine for Canada - José Cañadas Méndez;
- A Response to "The NSS: Flawed Premises" - Ian Mack;
- Dollars and Sense: The First Decade of the NSS - Dave Perry.
Volume 16, Number 1 (2020)
- Team Canada (Ships) Sees the NSS Delivering - Vice-Admiral Art McDonald;
- Reflections on a Decade of NSS - Ian Mack;
- The NSS: Flawed Premises - Dan Middlemiss;
- The NSS: A Canadian Submarine Response? - David Dunlop;
- Dollars and Sense: The First Decade of the NSS - Dave Perry.
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