Canada is not alone in facing public challenges over its future shipbuild programs; Australia faces much the same sort of public questioning over its future naval fleet. Canada hopes to […]
The Canada Surface Combatant (CSC) has been garnering attention of late. For an interesting slant on the implications of CSC schedule delays for Canada’s current fleet of Halifax-class frigates, see […]
Last week the Defence Minister gave a detailed outline to Embassy Magazine on the upcoming defence review. This, and the earlier interview by John Iveson, are starting to provide an […]
As the 2016 Defence Review gets underway there have been many questions as to how the new Liberal government would approach creating their promised “leaner, more agile” military. Thankfully, suggestions […]
Defense -aerospace has cited a study by the respected Forecast International group to argue that current building rates indicate that submarines will continue to exist in sizeable numbers (393) for […]
The two previous posts provide an interesting introduction to the Canadian Surface Combatant capability issue. Where Hansen suggests the survivability of medium-sized warships against modern weapon systems is questionable, the […]
Readers may be interested in this analysis, particularly because variants of at least three of the top 10 modern frigates examined, France’s Aquitaine-class, Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt-class, and Germany’s Saschen-class, are […]
An article published by David Publiese in the Ottawa Citizen on December 3rd (with the same title as this one and available on his Defence Watch website here) asks a […]
On 30 November 2015, the federal department Public Services and Procurement issued a statement (http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1022609) that the government of Canada had “determined that proceeding with Project Resolve is the most […]
“Fleet Cost Problems? For a Start, Stop Calling Cruisers Either Destroyers or Frigates.” 8 December 2015 In his post “Fleet Cost Problems?” Ken Hansen suggests we stop calling our future […]
The interview with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman on December 2nd by CBC’s James Cudmore (‘Warship Costs could rise to $30b’) is a very brave ‘mea culpa’ on behalf of the navy. […]
Russia deploys S-400 and moves guided-missile cruiser off Latakia to protect its jets near Turkish border By David Cenciotti After the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian Su-24, Moscow […]
MINISTER OF FISHERIES, OCEANS AND THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD MANDATE LETTER Dear Mr. Tootoo: I am honoured that you have agreed to serve Canadians as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and […]
Among other things, the new government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that it will place emphasis on renewing the Canadian Coast Guard fleet. See the CBC news article here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coast-guard-fleet-refresh-top-priority-security-1.3318575
There has been much written about how defence inflation has eroded the budget allocated to the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS).1 As time passes, the argument goes, the NSPS budget […]
The following Reuter’s article sheds some welcome light on the complexity of the South China Seas legal regime and the US Navy’s freedom of navigation operations there. This is needed […]
I am at a loss to explain Mr. Hansen’s logic, and not General Leslie’s in his letter to the Chronicle Herald (Leslie’s Logic Alarming, 31 October), and in his 27 […]
* Moderator’s note: Originally published through the Chronicle Herald. “Your Oct. 22 article, “Rumoured top pick for Defence Minister could be bad news for Halifax,” references Irving Shipbuilding and we […]
The Thursday, October 22, 2015, issue of the ChronicleHerald (Metro Edition) carried an article by Andrea Gunn (Ottawa Bureau) entitled “Rough Seas Ahead” (p.1) that has caused some confusion about […]
Reports on the engine failure in HMCS Athabaskan are missing some important aspects of the problems this ancient warship is facing. One of the two cruise turbines failed, leaving one […]
