Monthly Archives: December 2024

9 posts

Climate Change, Defence Policy

By Les Mader, 26 December 2024 Over the years, Canadian Naval Review (CNR) and its affiliated Broadsides Forum have discussed many issues of vital importance to the Royal Canadian Navy, and by […]

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Report on Military Readiness

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 21 December 2024 A report on military readiness issued a few days ago by the Department of National Defence is depressing reading. Bottom line – the […]

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RCN frigates in TGX

What Use a Navy

By David Morse, 13 December 2024 As the government ponders new levels of defence funding, there will be many questions about the intent and purpose – the strategy – behind […]

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Joint Support Ship News

By Blair Shaw, 11 December 2024 Some positive news coming out of the Seaspan yards, finally, with regards to the Joint Support Ship program. The current HMCS Protecteur is not […]

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CIWS crew

Crewing Proposal

By Blair Shaw, 12 December 2024 A paper written by Lieutenant-Commander Mark McShane, entitled “Navigating the Perfect Storm: An Alternative Crewing and Ship Readiness Model,” details how using a similar […]

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And now there are six in the water!

By Les Mader, 11 December 2024 The launch of the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray on 9 December 2024 means that the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) and the Halifax Shipyard have now […]

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Not So Sea-blind

By David Morse, 4 December 2024 It has long been the belief that Canadians are largely blind to maritime issues and uninformed about our economic dependency on the maritime sector. […]

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Defence Double-Talk

By Dan Middlemiss, 1 December 2024 Defence Double-Talk Dan Middlemiss The latest example of ‘open and transparent’ information to Canadians came a couple of days ago when the Commander of […]

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