Yearly Archives: 2026

11 posts

Why Canada Does Not Need a ‘Tripwire’ Navy

By Ted Barnes, 18 February 2026 Major (Ret’d) Les Mader’s ‘tripwire corvette’ proposal, as described in the recent issue of Canadian Naval Review, confuses political grievance with practical naval strategy. […]

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Editorial: Possibilities and Pitfalls

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 8 February 2026 [This is an excerpt of an article in Vol. 21, No. 3 of Canadian Naval Review. For the full article, click on the […]

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The 2026 US Defense Strategy Document

By Moderator, 28 January 2026 The United States issued its National Security Strategy (NSS) in November 2025, and now it has released the 2026 Defense Strategy, subtitled “Restoring Peace Through […]

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Sweetening the Pot for Submarines

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 22 January 2026 Both TKMS and Hanwha Ocean are sweetening the pot to win the contract to build Canada’s new submarines. After a stressful year for […]

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What to do in Greenland

By David Prior, 16 January 2026 Today things appear to be moving along faster in Greenland (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoi2yOK2xLQ minute 3:05). Now that immediate military ‘exercises’ in Greenland have begun, this may be […]

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President Trump’s Battleships

By Jeff G. Gilmour, 11 January 2026 In December 2025, President Trump announced that two new battleships were to be built in the United States – what he’s calling the […]

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