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Imagine yourself as a soldier in combat. You started your patrol with forty people. Then you came under attack. Five

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Refuelling RCAF Aircraft Post-2020

August 22, 2018September 1, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff RCAF

For the past several years, the topic of a CF-188 Hornet fighter fleet replacement has been the bane of both

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US Defense Authorisation and the Arctic

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Arctic, US

Recently the United States’ annual defense policy bill cleared Congress with a provision allowing up to six icebreakers (see “U.S.

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Operation PROJECTION and Exercise OBANGAME EXPRESS

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments global affairs, RCN

PROJECTION is a continuing operation of the Canadian Joint Operations Command under which mostly naval and maritime air forces conduct

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The Deployability of Motor Vessel ASTERIX

February 25, 2018February 25, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments AOR, RCN

In February 2018 media started reporting about whether MV Asterix, a containership converted and contracted to serve as an interim

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Strategic Change and Canadian Shipbuilding

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCN, shipbuilding

There is an increasing amount of commentary about the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). This discussion is mainly connected to the

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The National Shipbuilding Strategy Needs to be Revamped

November 15, 2017November 20, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Canadian Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy, shipbuilding

In 2003 John Manley, then federal government Minister of Finance, said that shipbuilding in Canada was a “sunset industry” and

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ST ROCH Memorial

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments history & heritage, RCMP

A message form Inspector Dan Tanner, RCMP (retired) and President of the Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. This

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HMCS ST JOHN’S and Operation REASSURANCE

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Distinguished Speaker, RCN

The popular RUSI(NS) Distinguished Speaker series continued on 4 October 2017 with a presentation by Commander Sheldon Gillis. The charismatic

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Unveiling Ships

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Canadian Coast Guard, RCN

‘Unveiling’ seem to be coming a term increasingly used in shipbuilding, at least for Canadian government ships (though not for

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Canadian Coast Guard at RUSI(NS)

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Canadian Coast Guard, Distinguished Speaker

On September 20, RUSI(NS) welcomed Chris Henderson, Director General National Strategies, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), as the Institute’s September 2017

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