By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 10 April 2024 As you have probably heard, the has government released the long-awaited defence policy update. It’s entitled “Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed […]
By Les Mader, 8 April 2024 It is my personal belief that the 1982 Anglo-Argentine Falklands War was largest and bloodiest naval campaign fought since World War II. Clearly, there […]
By Dan Middlemiss,7 April 2024 There is a perplexing incongruity at the heart of Ottawa’s surface combatant project. On the one hand, a central rationale of our National Shipbuilding Strategy […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 2 Apr 2024 The original decision to go with two shipyards for the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) wasrevised in 2019 when the Canadian government reopened the […]
RCN Public Affairs, 29 March 2024. After 37 days at sea for Exercise Steadfast Defender, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown returned home March 13. Since departing their homeport of Halifax […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 22 March 2024 With permanent members of the Security Council having exclusive power of veto, the United Nations has in reality become a lame duck. As […]
By Ted Barnes, 17 March 2024 It was recently noted in the media that the CAF is in a death spiral. While I don’t share that exact sediment there is […]
National Defence Headquarters message to personnel: Please be mindful of the Canadian geese that live at NDHQ (Carling). Spring and Summer are their breeding season and they can become aggressive and […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 12 March 2024 The Department of National Defence has released its Artificial Intelligence Strategy. In the Introduction, CDS General Wayne Eyre and DND Deputy Minister Bill […]
By Blair Shaw, 10 March 2024 This may interest readers. It’s a statement from Damen Marine themselves. Other news sources are linked below. The statement says: Saab and Damen Shipyards […]
Message from the Deputy Minister and Chief of the Defence Staff DND/CAF Departmental Plan 2024-25 and Spending Reductions Yesterday, the Government of Canada announced its plan to reduce spending and […]
Moderator, 1 March 2024 In an article in Ottawa Citizen (“DND ignores requests to release information, undercutting federal law, MPs are told”), David Pugliese discusses Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard’s report […]
RCN Public Affairs, 27 February 2024. HMCS Charlottetown departed on January 31 to participate in Exercise Steadfast Defender until March 31. Approximately 1,000 sailors, soldiers, and aviators from across Canada […]
RCN Public Affairs, 24 February 2024. On February 4, while deployed on Operation Caribbe, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Margaret Brooke supported the interception of a drug smuggling vessel and seized 510 kg […]
By David Dunlop Here is a new twist with regard to the CSC Frigate Design Phase for the forum to ponder. I’ve seen new photos depicting the CSC. The photos […]
By Chris W.J. Roberts, 15 February 2024 The Red Sea shipping crisis has shredded assumptions about the ability of international law, economic interdependence and coordinated seapower to keep vital sea […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 10 February 2024 A recent article by Robert Fife and Steven Chase – “China gains major Arctic foothold as Russia turns to Beijing more, report finds” […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 1 February 2024 Ian Mack has just published another very interesting analysis of complex procurement projects.[1] Mr. Mack brings his years of experience to bear on providing […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 25 January 2024 CSC Costs: Is This All We Get? Dan Middlemiss David Pugliese reveals that Ken Rubin, a longstanding Access to Information user, recently received nearly […]
New Naval Weapons: Leaving the RCN Behind? Dr. Ann Griffiths In the past few years, we’ve seen some interesting developments in naval (and land) warfare. The Ukrainian armed forces have […]
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