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. […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
13 Dec 2016. “The detailed report below shows the much vaunted Russian carrier sent to Syria is less than effective and hints the Chinese equivalent is also not likely high in […]
28 Nov 2016. A previous post to Broadsides covers the re-emergence of a potent Russian submarine fleet. Coupled with Mr.Putin’s apparent interest in using his Navy to support foreign policy […]
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