The Canadian Navy’s Submarines – Great Value
Regrettably, Al Vitols (Letter to the editor, Globe & Mail: “Down Periscopes”, Sept. 9) shares the widespread misbeliefs about the
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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.
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Large Guns in Frigates
Comment on the article “£183 million deal for new gun on Type 26 Global Combat Ship sustains 43 skilled UK
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Undersea Warfare for the 21st Century
In response to: CIMSEC July 22, 2016 – Putting It Back Together Again: European Undersea Warfare for the 21st Century
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Naval Expeditionary Forces
Response to: Navy Expeditionary Forces Providing Expeditionary Capabilities and Training during RIMPAC 2016 It is often underappreciated that a mark
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Keel-Laying
The laying of the keel of a ship is one of the significant dates in that ship’s life.1 The date
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Ships Stop Here – A Beginning, Not an End
On 18 July 1968, the oiler Protecteur was launched at Saint John, a year later to be taken into commission
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Nanisivik Analysis
There are no true ports in the Canadian Arctic to accommodate large vessels. Yet, ships are the primary mode of
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