Deterrence

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Why Canada Does Not Need a ‘Tripwire’ Navy

By Ted Barnes, 18 February 2026 Major (Ret’d) Les Mader’s ‘tripwire corvette’ proposal, as described in the recent issue of Canadian Naval Review, confuses political grievance with practical naval strategy. […]

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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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Satellite Destruction

By Jeff G. Gilmour, 2 September 2024 It was recently disclosed that Russia appears to be working on a nuclear weapon in orbit that could knock out our satellite systems […]

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Red Sea Attacks and Naval Response

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 15 January 2024 If anyone is wondering about the relevance of navies in 2024, then there is an obvious role now – protection of shipping. Yemen-based […]

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UK nuclear sub

Royal Navy Dreadnought SSBN program

We’ve published several commentaries in recent issues of CNR about the Royal Navy and the United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrent. In particular the commentaries have discussed how it is important to […]

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