*Moderator's Note: This article was original published in The Nova Scotian on 11 September 2011. At approximately 9:00 am this morning, the United States Consul-General to Halifax will be joined by a small group of dignitaries at Halifax Stanfield International Airport for the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the […]
Korean War
* Moderator’s Note: This article was originally published by Strategic Forecasts on 24 November 2010. It is reprinted here with the permission of STRATFOR (http://www.stratfor.com/). A free video clip of the interview Mr. Baker, with illustrative maps and other visual aides, is available here. My thanks to CFPS Research Fellow […]
As the accusations mount and the rhetoric from both sides increases following the sinking of the South Korean Pohang-class corvette ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772), two key documents have been released by South Korean authorities. The first document is the report by the Joint Civilian-Military Investigation Group into the sinking of Cheonan. […]
Re: David Pugliese’s article "Navy passes on shifting more ships to the Pacific" on 09 May, 2008. The balance of warships between East and West has been debated since the birth of the Royal Canadian Navy almost 100 years ago. Calls for changes in distribution are invariably political while the […]
The navy's plan to replace the existing fleet on a one-for-one basis plus a couple of extra ships over the next 30 or so years is ambitious and very expensive. A useful number hasn't been suggested yet, but I would think it has to be around $60 billion. To a […]