By Jeff Gilmour, 17 June 2026 The US Navy is having to deal with an important issue in the retirement of the 14 ballistic missile submarines of the Ohio-class, often […]
By Brian Santarpia, 26 May 2026 The current debate over nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is, in many respects, a debate past itself. Critics are correct to […]
By Blair Shaw, 28 August 2025 South Korea and Germany have been selected at the two finalists for the Canadian patrol submarine project. To quote the release “Today, the Honourable […]
By Peter M. Sanderson, 2 October 2024 The Issuing of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) Request for Information (RFI) came as a surprise but was welcomed by the CAF. […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 30 September 2024 Last summer with my brother and his family, I had an opportunity to visit the submarine base built by the Germans in the […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 11 July 2024 At the NATO Summit in Washington, MND Bill Blair announced early plans to proceed with a project to replace the navy’s current submarine fleet.[1] […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 12 June 2024 This is a second installment about my trip – sponsored by SAAB – to Sweden in May. In my previous post I discussed […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 24 May 2024 In April I was invited by SAAB to visit Sweden to meet with company representatives and tour their naval facilities – at their […]
By Blair Shaw, May 16, 2024 Just received this news item today [May 14] about the possibility of an offer from Germany and Norway for Canada to join the type […]
By David Dunlop, 24 July 2023 CDA Institute has developed a “Force Deployment Series” a second roundtable by SMEs national discussion on defence policy with regard to sustaining Canada’s Future […]
By David Dunlop, 7 July 2023 On 15 June, the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI) hosted one-day hybrid conference “Canadian ASW in the Future Strategic Environment.” There are several articles […]
By Moderator, 13 June 2023 Some of you will have already seen the spring issue of CNR – the joint issue with Australian Naval Review. If you haven’t seen it, […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 9 April 2023 David Pugliese has revealed that the RCN is pushing for up to 12 new submarines for the Canadian Navy at an estimated cost of […]
By Alexander Sikora, 9 April 2023 Earlier this week, the Royal Canadian Navy issueed a release of information regarding their desire to procure up to 12 submarines at a cost […]
By Brian Bertosa, 25 March 2023 In her Broadsides post with the enjoyable title of “AUKUS Awkward?” (21 March 2023), Dr. Griffiths points out that some people are concerned that […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 21 March 2023 The announcement of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) agreement in September 2021 caught a lot of people by surprise. It was a surprise […]
By David Dunlop, 13 February 2023 It appears that Australia’s AUKUS submarine decision will be coming in March 2023 and it may not be anything that most expect. It was […]
By Moderator, 8 November 2022 On 7 November the British Ministry of Defence confirmed that HMS Victorious, a nuclear-armed submarine was forced to abandon an operation after a fire broke […]
Credit: ABC News, 04 November 2021 The Navy has fired the top three leaders who were aboard the attack submarine USS Connecticut when it struck an uncharted sea mountain in […]
By Timothy Choi, 1 October 2021 On 1 October, 2021, HMCS Harry DeWolf, first-of-class of the Arctic & Offshore Patrol Vessels, arrived in Vancouver following its 10,050 km long journey […]
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