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Type 26 Construction Journey

By Moderator, 7 May 2025 In case you’re wondering …. An update to the Type 26 program given in the British Parliament indicated that five of the eight planned frigates […]

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HMCS Ville de Quebec to sail with CSG25 

By Blair Shaw, 23 April 2025 The UK is about to embark on its second Indo-Pacific deployment called CSG25. Among the fleet joining the lead ship – the aircraft carrier […]

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Information Innovation

By David Morse, 15 April 2025 A new class of frigates for the French navy FDI (Frégate de defense et d’intervention) brings an interesting and new approach to the asymmetric […]

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Contents of CNR Vol. 20, No. 3

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the most recent issue of CNR, you should take a look at the Table of Contents given here. It’s a great […]

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The Arctic, Unification of the Inuit – Canada’s Moment

By Peter M. Sanderson, 2 April 2025 1. Arctic Sovereignty Bases. The Inuit (the people) live in four homelands (nunas), map #1 below (Credit: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami via Statistics Canada).                                                            […]

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Articles About Procurement

By Moderator, 24 March 2025 In case you didn’t see them, there were two interesting articles about procurement published last week. One was written by Ian Mack and published by […]

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Solving Personnel Shortages?

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 12 March 2025 Personnel shortages have plagued the RCN for years. It’s not just a problem in Canada, the same problem has affected other navies, including […]

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The Nanisivik Naval Facility

By Jeff G. Gilmour, 26 Feburary 2025  The following is included under the heading of “ Asserting Canada’s Sovereignty“ in the recently announced Canada’s 2024 Arctic Foreign Policy:  “Building on […]

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The RCN in 2025

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 26 February 2025 In its latest “Your Navy Today,” the RCN laid out what the ships – but not the submarines – will be up to […]

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Canada and US Cooperation on Defence

By Ted Barnes, 21 February 2025 For years, some Canadians have asked for a strong military, strong borders, strong northern presence, and a whole shopping list of procurements to replace […]

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Britannia Rules the Waves?

By David Morse, 17 February 2025 Later this year, the latest in a series of Strategic Defence Reviews (SDR) will be released in the UK. Over several reviews, the UK […]

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