By Ted Barnes, 7 April 2025 A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about some ideas of possibly speeding up the River-class destroyer (RCD) build as, in my opinion, […]
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). […]
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 […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 16 March 2025 The purpose of this post is to argue that there seems to be no reality associated with the projected budget costs for various […]
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 […]
By Peter M. Sanderson, 2 March 2025 TKMS Type-212CD: Canada is under pressure for not meeting the 2% NATO defence spending goal but also for not having modern reliable equipment […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Dave Perry, 14 February 2025 To see the full and final version of this column, go to the current issue of CNR at https://www.navalreview.ca/wp-content/uploads/public/vol20num3/cnr_vol20_3_Perry.pdf Dating back to the release […]
By Dr. Rob Huebert, 14 February 2024 As the relationship between United States and Canada continues to suffer one blow after another from the new Trump Administration, this is perhaps […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 10 February 2025 Here is an excerpt from an interview published in Vol. 20, No. 3. For free access to the full interview in the final […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 10 February 2025 As reported in a recent edition of “The Economist,” Poland’s armed forces are now the third-biggest in NATO after the United States […]
By David Morse, 2 February 2025 In the past week, The Naval Association of Canada posted this update by Captain (N) Drew Graham, the Director of Naval Requirements. The video […]
By David Dunlop, 1 February 2025 We’re seeing some suggestions about how to respond to President Trump’s recent actions. Some are suggesting, and I agree, that we buy Alaska and […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 30 January 2025 There has been much criticism – some of it written by me – about the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships. I still think […]
By David Dunlop, 22 January 2025 On the topic of the number of RMA in the different SPY-7 radar variants … I note a user by the name “Milspec_1967” wrote […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 18 January 2025 Here is an article that is certain to generate much vitriol on all sides. In a (subscriber-only) column for The Globe and Mail, journalist […]
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