By Peter Sanderson, 13 April 2023. The early 1950s were a busy time for the Canadian Forces. As a founding member of NATO, the Army sent 27 Brigade and the […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 9 April 2023 David Pugliese has revealed that the RCN is pushing for up to 12 new submarines for the Canadian Navy at an estimated cost of […]
By Alexander Sikora, 9 April 2023 Earlier this week, the Royal Canadian Navy issueed a release of information regarding their desire to procure up to 12 submarines at a cost […]
By David Dunlop, 4 April 2023 It appears the RCN is taking the ‘bull by the horns’ to change recruitment requirements for Canadian citizens. The new program is open to […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 29 March 2023 In this age of rapidly evolving naval combat technology, it may seem odd that modern navies, including Canada’s, still cannot accomplish two seemingly simple […]
By Brian Bertosa, 25 March 2023 In her Broadsides post with the enjoyable title of “AUKUS Awkward?” (21 March 2023), Dr. Griffiths points out that some people are concerned that […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 21 March 2023 The announcement of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) agreement in September 2021 caught a lot of people by surprise. It was a surprise […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 17 March 2023 Dan Middlemiss Why is it that DND, when confronted with questionable behaviour, always seems to prefer to stonewall – or worse? The latest example […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 14 March 2023 Addressing a major defence conference last week, retired Vice-Admiral Mark Norman decried the failure of all Canadians to take their own defence seriously. Here […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 1 March 2023 The latest issue of the Canadian Defence Review (Vol. 29, No. 1 (2023)) has four articles with a bearing on current Canadian maritime procurement […]
By Robert Cumming, 22 February 2023 As you are aware, the federal government is deeply involved in a huge shipbuilding program. One area of the program where the government and the […]
By David Dunlop, 13 February 2023 It appears that Australia’s AUKUS submarine decision will be coming in March 2023 and it may not be anything that most expect. It was […]
RCN Public Affairs, 10 February 2023. After years of collaboration, the Halifax Class Combat System (HCCS) In-Service Support (ISS) Major Surface Combatant (MSC) team met with the General Dynamics Mission […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 8 February 2023 In 1977 Ken Booth outlined roles for naval forces – what has become known as Booth’s Triangle. This ‘triangle’ illustrates the roles of […]
By David Dunlop, 30 January 2023 Beatrice Pasz from “The Globe And Mail” has reported that at least 10 Canadian universities have for the past several years, collaborated with top […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 22 January 2023 Another issue of Canadian Naval Review is almost ready to print. The winter issue won’t make winter weather go away, but it will […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 20 January 2023 It’s always interesting to read about Australia and its navy. (And indeed, for this reason, CNR will publish a joint issue with Australian […]
By Dr. Timothy Choi, 11 January 2023 On 9 January 2023, Minister of National Defence Anita Anand finally marked the end of the beginning of Canada’s “Future Fighter Capability Project” […]
By David Dunlop, 9 January 2023 A few months ago, the new French Ambassador to Canada, Michel Miraillet, made some comments that are interesting — and frank (and which he said represented […]
By Dr. Timothy Choi, 5 January 2023 Ottawa and Irving have signed the contract for the construction of AOPS 7 and 8 for the Canadian Coast Guard. These two will […]
