By Peter M. Sanderson, 10 September 2026 It all started with an article in Canadian Defence Review, followed by their video: CDR “Why Canada Needs Landing Ships for Arctic Sovereignty […]
By Lee Matheson, 23 August 2026 Canada has selected TKMS and its Type-212CD AIP/lithium battery submarine as preferred supplier for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project. AIP is a game changer […]
By Ted Barnes, 10 June 2026 The latest issue of CNR presents retired Major Les Mader’s proposal for a DDGH(A), an Arctic destroyer intended to combine the combat power of […]
By Peter M. Sanderson, 25 March 2026 United States Space Force (USSF) had scheduled military communications for the Arctic in the 2030s when the next-generation protected MILSATCOM systems would be […]
By David Prior, 14 March 2026 Does an article by H.I. Sutton, “Russia’s overspend on old battlecruiser,” published by the Australian Naval Institute in February, have relevance for Canada? Sutton […]
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 […]
By Les Mader, 8 January 2026 Since the 2020 publication of a visionary article by Colonel Brian Wentzell, the Canadian Naval Review (CNR) and the Canadian Army Journal (CAJ) have […]
By David Prior There is growing awareness that the RCN requires Arctic-capable ships that can provide true logistical capability throughout the Arctic at any time of year. The USCG also […]
By Ted Barnes, 15 December 2025 Foreign Minister Anita Anand was in Brussels recently sounding the alarm about something naval planners have known for years: the Arctic is no longer […]
By Rob Huebert, 12 November 2025 [This is an excerpt of an article in Vol. 21, No. 2 of Canadian Naval Review. For the full article, click on the link […]
By Peter M. Sanderson, 15 October 2025 According to the White House, President Trump has authorized the construction of up to four Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs) abroad. The President also […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 25 September 2025 In this article, I have tried to identify what, in my opinion, are three significant geographic areas in NATO that are potential weak […]
By Peter M. Sanderson, 20 August 2025 2016 Being resource rich but revenue poor, the government of Nunavut and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), proposed a “nation building project” – […]
By Mikaȅl Perron, 15 August 2025 In the recent announcement concerning Canada’s defence budget, it was revealed that the Canadian Coast Guard would move under the responsibility of the Department […]
By Moderator, 12 August 2025 On 9 August the official Naming Ceremony was held for the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, the sixth and final Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 20 July 2025 There has been a lot of talk about threats and opportunities in the Arctic. And the Royal Canadian Navy now has all six […]
By David Prior, 2 June 2025 A new Russian fleet under construction is being built with monolithic fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin-infusion. In Lunenburg, NS, aerospace components are being manufactured […]
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 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 Jeff G. Gilmour, 30 December 2024 Canada’s new Arctic Foreign Policy was released in Ottawa on 6 December 2024. The policy has four pillars: asserting Canada’s sovereignty; advancing Canada’s […]
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