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Volume 20, Number 2, 2024

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Coming soon to a mailbox or computer near you – the Fall issue of CNR! The sweet summer days are gone and the Fall issue of CNR is at the graphic designers. Time flies! We’re a bit biased, but this issue looks amazing. Prepare to be intrigued and delighted!

In the Fall issue you’ll find the winning essay from the CNMT-sponsored essay contest we hold every year. The 2024 contest was won by Lieutenant-Commander Damien Ciotti with an essay entitled “Leveraging the Canadian Surface Combatant for Ballistic Missile Defence.” Our second article is by Commander James Brun. He describes the events when Harry DeWolf was in command of HMCS Haida in World War II and the battles that led to the ship earning the title of Canada’s Fightingest Warship – “HMCS Haida: Actions Under Commander Harry DeWolf.” Our third article, “Canada’s Arctic Forces: Preparing for the Future,” by Major (Ret’d) Les Mader, argues that Canada needs to consider what military forces it needs and what actions it should take now to be prepared if climate change leads to catastrophic changes in ocean currents. We also have a short, but poignant, piece about Remembrance Day as it approaches. In a time of increasing turbulence, we must all take the time to remember.

We are pleased to have a tasty buffet of Making Wave commentaries. There are two commentaries about increasing personnel in the RCN. A commentary discusses the 2% of GDP commitment Canada made to NATO. Another commentary explores the “fallacy of sunk costs” and discusses how this relates to the CAF/RCN commitment to the CSCs. A final commentary discusses China’s evolving strategy of engagement with Pacific island states. And then we have columns examining what Saab is up to in Sweden, the implications of RIMPAC 2024 for security commitments in Asia, and the defence spending commitment made at the NATO summit this summer.

Of course there are stunning photos to illustrate everything! You will be unable to put this issue down once you start reading! See the Table of Contents below.

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Table of Contents

  • Editorial: Collingwood’s Acorns: Nurturing Hearts of Oak - by Thomas Hughes
  • Winner of the 2024 CNMT Essay Competition
  • Leveraging the Canadian Surface Combatant for Ballistic Missile Defence - by Lieutenant-Commander Damien Ciotti
  • HMCS Haida: Actions Under Commander Harry DeWolf - by Commander James Brun
  • Canada’s Arctic Forces: Preparing for the Future - by Major (Ret’d) Les Mader
  • We Must Remember - by Jane Nighswander
  • Making Waves
  • Aegis-Capable Platforms Could be Recruiting Tool - by Lieutenant John Adam (USN)
  • Addressing Personnel Shortages - by Mikaël Perron
  • Two Per Cent of GDP = NATO Commitment - by Poseidon
  • Canadian Naval Shipbuilding and the Fallacy of ‘Sunk Costs’ - by Dan Middlemiss
  • China’s Shifting Strategy in the Pacific Islands - by Rachel Martin
  • Comment re Gilmour Commentary in Vol. 20, No. 1 Making Waves - by David Morse
  • Notes from the Field: Saab Makes Its Case - by Ann Griffiths
  • A View from the West: RIMPAC 2024: Commitment to Indo-Pacific Security Amid Global Crises - by Jocelyn Sandhu
  • Dollars and Sense: Defending Canada with a 2% of GDP Defence Budget - by Dave Perry
  • Warship Developments: Snippets - by Doug Thomas

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