By Brett Witthoeft, 19 June 2026 [This is an excerpt of an article in Vol. 22, No. 1 of Canadian Naval Review. For the full free access article, click on […]
By Jeff Gilmour, 4 April 2026 A recent article published by Reuters mentions that dozens of Chinese research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor at strategic […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 18 April 2024 Most reconnaissance satellites operate in a low-earth orbit (LEO) at 160-2000k above the earth. However last year China launched the Yaogan-41, which can […]
By David Dunlop, 28 August 2023 A short article by Rob Huebert was published on the 25th of August in The Globe & Mail that forum members may be interested […]
By Jeff Gilmour, 25 May 2023 In the 19th century in the first Opium War, the British established a technological advantage by employing steam-powered gunboats. The Scottish shipbuilder, John Laird, built […]
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 Brian Bertosa, 22 July 2022 Another “Dire Threat to Western Democracy”? We don’t have enough of them as it is? And from such a clear and present . . […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 4 June 2022 Chinese technology is certain to be watched with interest by many navies, including Canada’s. One development of particular interest is that China recently launched […]
By Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill, 22 May 2022 The April 2022 security agreement between the Solomon Islands and China poses an obvious danger to Western democracy. The risk of a deployment […]
By Mark Sloan, 28 March 2022 Development and employment of an effective Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capability is a technologically challenging and truly all-arms activity, with assets having to be integrated […]
By David Dunlop, 22 January 2022 Here is an interesting article recently published by Asian News Institute (ANI) commenting on the speed of the Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) build-up […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 2 December 2021 Both Russia and China have been hard at work developing and now testing hypersonic weapons. They both claim success in their recent tests. […]
Mark Sloan, 2 September 2020. The United States and China – DoD Annual Report to Congress Observers regularly provide insight into specific elements of China’s military capabilities, but the 2020 […]
We’re very pleased to announce that one of the members of the CNR Editorial Board has just had a book published. China’s Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada […]
There’s no doubt that the US military is the most powerful force in the game these days. However, unlike in the Cold War when it was laser-focused on one strategic […]
Another useful article on the South China Sea dispute. The SCS continues to be a potential hot spot as long as China presses its claims. The issue, as noted before, […]
As Yogi used to say, ‘Deja vu all over again!’ As in the late 1980s, the strategic importance of the Arctic rises to near the top of our national concerns. […]
The South China Sea remains one of the world’s potential trouble spots. As this article explains, China is becoming increasingly isolated in this issue. The question for the rest of […]
Recent reports indicate that the John C. Stennis Strike Group is conducting “routine operations” in the South China Sea. The Strike Group has been shadowed by Chinese PLAN ships. For […]
China has introduced long-range surface-to-air missiles to and recently landed modern fighter aircraft on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands of the South China Sea provoking fears that China […]
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