Thoughts on New Vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy
by David Swan Regardless of what the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) requires for a new patrol vessel, surveillance platform, mine
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Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia
The Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia provides a forum for the study, promotion and debate of defence, security and safety affairs.
Author: RUSI(NS) Staff
Geopolitics and Police Intelligence: The Case Study of Disinformation
by Nathan Romas and Jay Heisler To begin any discussion of reforming police intelligence, one has to define the difference
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Arctic Seabed Warfare Against Data Cables
by Cate Belbin Editor: The following comments were received in response to the subject report (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/uploads/documents/Seabed-Warfare-Cables%20%281%29.pdf). I did an internship
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How ‘drones’ are changing 21st Century warfare, aviation, and society
Dr Ian MacVicar spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests on 18 September with a presentation titled “How ‘drones’ are changing 21st
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Anti-Human Trafficking
by Jay Heisler and Kristin Vaughn Increasingly, anti-human trafficking is a field that is widely discussed in the mainstream of
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Warship Orthography
Conventions in Writing Warship Names 1. The name of a warship1 in naval service is preceded by a national identifier,
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Canada and US National Guards in Exercise Guerrier Nordique
by Jay Heisler In March of this year, there were joint military exercises with the Canadian Army cooperating with the
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Canada in Extremis – Rebalancing the CAF and rebuilding the Canadian Navy
by ‘Dusty’ Miller This latest Naval Association of Canada/University of Calgary paper of May 2024 is a must read for
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The Historical Archaeology of Halifax’s Earliest Defences
Dr Jonathan Fowler, Professor of Archaeology at Saint Mary’s University, spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests on 7 February and 24
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