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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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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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Poland and NATO Defence

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 […]

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RCN Requirements Talk

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 […]

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Alaska – Canada’s 11th Province

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 […]

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SPY-7 RMAs

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 […]

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Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships

By Les Mader, 11 January 2025 Over the years Canada’s new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) have been the source of much discussion.  The points made have tended to […]

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