Preview Canadian Naval Review Vol. 14, No. 1 (2018) Despite the fact that CNR is in the midst of moving to its new home at St. Francis Xavier University – […]
13 July 2018. David Dunlop. Don’t know if the Type 26 Frigate will win the bidding process after the ‘curing’ process on July 21, but if the LM/BAE Type 26 […]
13 July. David Dunlop. Now that the 2018 NATO Summit has apparently passed a referendum to have all NATO countries contribute as a minimum at least 2% GDP to defence, […]
3 July 2018. On 29 June 2018 the Australian government announced [https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/christopher-pyne/media-releases/joint-media-release-prime-minister-minister-defence-2] that it had selected a variant of BAE’s Type 26 frigate for the Royal Australian Navy. The 9-ship […]
21 June 2018. After a lull in shipbuilding over the past 20 years, many countries are now beefing up their naval fleets. Canada is in the process of recapitalizing both […]
31 May 2018. Dr. Dan Middlemiss. Why do successive federal governments treat Canadians as pliant ignoramuses on matters of defence? Take for example, the budget estimates for the Canadian Surface […]
20 April 2018. Trouble in paradise? The early assessments of the bids for the Canadian Surface Combatant project indicate that there are problems. The bids all failed to meet some of […]
16 April 2018. Moderator. There was a very interesting article in USNI News, about the Littoral Combat Ships. Both varieties of the LCS are having troubles. The article says that […]
The Royal Navy is thinking about the proposed Type 31 frigate, but apparently is still trying to figure out the hows and whys and whats of the ship. The Type […]
Canada is currently going through the difficult process of deciding which of the bids for the Canadian Surface Combatant to accept. Canada is looking at three design proposals – Spain/Navantia […]
The government of New Zealand signed a contract with Lockheed Martin Canada for ship installation and trials to complete the upgrade and modernization of the ANZAC-class frigates. The first of […]
The US Navy is expanding maintenance capability in the western Pacific to reduce the time and cost involved for a ship to return to a homeport. In addition to expanding […]
David Dunlop Now that the Canadian government has entered the decision phase for the bids entered for the rights to build 15 Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships, it is time […]
The CDAI has just published its “Strategic Outlook for Canada 2018″. In this report, authors look 10 years into the future to assess the strategic concerns and their relevance to […]
On 22 December, Michael Tutton of the Canadian Press filed a report on difficulties experienced with the HELRAS tethered sonar installation on the ‘Block 1’ Cyclone helicopters.[1] Apparently, there is […]
David Griffiths has a chapter in an upcoming report called Arab Politics Beyond the Uprisings. The chapter is entitled “Oceans of Opportunity: Maritime Dimensions of Security in the Arab World,” […]
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 […]
On 23 January 2018 at 3 am, sirens wailed, warnings were broadcast and evacuations began. Coastal British Columbia was in the path of a tsunami. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake off […]
We welcome discussion and debate on Broadsides, and we encourage contributions and opinions from a wide variety of perspectives. NOTE #1: We ask contributors to keep the discussion civil — […]
Vol. 13, No. 4 (2018) Another issue of CNR is coming soon – once again including interesting and timely articles. The winter issue features an article suggesting a new model […]
