By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 25 May 2022 For a while, ‘traditional’ war – i.e., war between the militaries of states – seemed to have gone the way of the dodo […]
By Moderator, 13 April 2022 The Naval Association of Canada has produced another good Briefing Note. This one is entitled “Actors and Stages of Warship Procurement” (BN#45). It takes a […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 20 February 2022 The Naval Association of Canada has published a second Briefing Note on the effects of the current pandemic on three maritime sectors. This […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 11 February 2022 We’ve all seen depictions of the D-Day landings in France in the Second World War. These landings provide a classic example of how […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 29 December 2021 The Naval Association of Canada has produced another useful and interesting addition to its Briefing Notes. BN#42 is about damage control. What does […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 29 October 2021 The Naval Association of Canada has produced another interesting addition to the Briefing Note series. This one is about naval training and exercises. It […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 22 June 2021 If humans have been building boats since the beginning of time, then what is left for naval architects to do? Although many of the […]
Canada is active internationally and belongs to many international organizations but it is a member of only two formal defence alliances/arrangements. Canada is a founding member of NATO which was […]
Naval Association of Canada, 22 March 2021 There is a need for the RCN to be able to operate both with allies and alone as required. This is where the […]
It is not unusual for big organizations to experience problematic behaviour among personnel. The Canadian military is no exception and, as an organization with a long history of male dominance, […]
We know that technology affects warfare. How we fight has changed dramatically over the years as technology has developed. We are in the midst of another significant change to warfare […]
The Royal Canadian Navy follows Canadian government support for international maritime law, and this means that RCN ships often participate in operations that involve countering malign behaviour at sea. People […]
We have already discussed the importance of maintaining naval ships. This is critical because Canada keeps its navy ships in service for many years. But not only is maintenance critical, […]
How do data, emails, money transfers and digital communications travel to Europe or Asia? Virtually all trans-oceanic data now travel by undersea fibre-optic cables, not via satellites. Undersea cables have […]
We’re in the midst of the second wave of COVID-19. The complete economic shutdown of the spring has not (yet) happened everywhere, but our lives are still being affected by […]
Unless the RCN wants to rely on friends and allies, Canada needs support ships/Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) ships when RCN ships deploy. Until about five years ago, Canada had two […]
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Canada is building new ships for the navy. We hear about design, capabilities, timetables, numbers and especially costs. But we don’t hear a […]
After almost two years of broad consultations, the government released a defence policy entitled Strong, Secure, Engaged: Canada’s Defence Policy (SSE) in June 2017. It is intended to provide direction […]
We know that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is a blue-water navy, and RCN warships regularly sail to distant lands to work with allies. But what about closer to home? […]
We know about naval ships, but what about Canada’s naval aviation capacity? What capabilities does Canada have, and what do they do? There are a variety of maritime aviation capabilities, […]
