By Jeff G. Gilmour, 22 April 2026 A recent analysis by the BBC pointed out that the UK is especially dependent on its undersea cables and pipelines for both its […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 29 July 2025 The Russian Admiral Gorshkov-class of multi-role frigates in their Navy is a formidable warship. Ten of these ships have been ordered. The second […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 19 June 2024 At the request of the Commander of Joint Operations Command and the head of the Canadian Navy, Minister of National Defence (MND) Bill Blair […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 22 March 2024 With permanent members of the Security Council having exclusive power of veto, the United Nations has in reality become a lame duck. As […]
By Dr. Andrea Charron, 21 October 2022 Headlines on 26 September 2022 repeated a US Coast Guard announcement (USCG). “The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball crew on a routine patrol in […]
By Dr. Rob Huebert, 20 April 2022 The ramifications of the sinking of Moskva on April 13 will be felt for a long time. This is the first sinking of […]
By Brad Lendon, CNN, 14 April 2022. One of the Russian Navy’s warships [Moskva] has sunk in the Black Sea, 50 days into Vladimir Putin’s invasion in Ukraine. “During the […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 25 February 2022 The Chief of Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre, sent a message to Canadian Armed Forces members on 24 February. The message states: For […]
CNR Fan, 17 February 2022 Russia claims that it has captured secret equipment from a US Navy Virginia-class nuclear submarine that Russia claims was operating within its territorial waters off the Pacific […]
CNR Fan, 25 January 2022. According to CBS News, NATO kicked off a naval exercise Monday with an American carrier strike group along with forces from other NATO allies practicing […]
Credit: Lindsay Isaac and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN, 06 January 2022 According to CNN, a Russian submarine being tracked by a British naval warship on patrol in the North Atlantic more […]
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. […]
David Dunlop, 7 April 2021 CNN has recently reported on Russia’s massive build-up of its military in the Arctic region. The Cold War bases are being retrofitted and new bases […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 30 September 2020. There’s an interesting article in Foreign Affairs (29 September 2020) by Robert David English and Morgan Grant Gardner called “Phantom Peril in the Arctic: […]
Joe Varner, 03 April 2020. Chinese strategists have dreamed of an asymmetric method to disable the US aircraft carrier for decades.[1] Now they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams but […]
6 November 2018. The news out of Asia is always interesting. But from a naval perspective, it’s particularly interesting. There are multiple states spending huge sums to update their navies, […]
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 […]
2 March 2017. This thought-provoking article should be a ‘must read’ for politicians and military leaders. It conclusion, ‘It would be wise for Canada to follow a balanced policy: 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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