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I think this is vitally important. Even if this means we will have to effectively mothball ships alongside and rotate vessels in and out of such a thing, I think we should stick with our proper fleet composition instead of caving to personnel demands short term. Have the ships so that when the...

That design is quite interesting although I have some concerns I think would largely make it redundant/unsuited to the RCN. As a Kingston replacement, all of these armament upgrades and ice capability are redundant. The AOPS is already purpose designed for these Arctic roles, so this additional...

I am going to laugh if this investment turns out to just be them announcing the formal CSC construction contract.

The white is definitely......different. Any votes on what they will name it in Canadian service?

CRCN VAdm Topshee had some comments about the CSC program and the Halifax class in his most recent video posted above. Much of this is known to many of us however, I thought it would be good to post the link and a excerpt to keep others in the loop. The comment about 'tough decisions to...

I find it amusing how the CRCN blames most, if not all of the issues on recruitment and not retention. That being said, some of the info in that video is pretty harrowing to say publicly, even if many people knew it was true previously. The amount of red and black is quite alarming...

I had a tour of a CPF and an AOPS on the same day, the difference in space and accommodations is quite substantial. To be fair, the CPF's are proper warfighting ships while the AOPS are built to civilian standards alongside being designed with long duration Arctic voyages in mind, however the...

Bombardier knows that they are only competitive for Canadian contracts due to domestic politics, marketing a MPA similar to what they have pitched has already been tried and it failed horribly. Saab pitched their 'Swordfish' concept around 2017~, a pretty conservative Bombardier Global 6000...

Some very nice photos from HMCS Harry DeWolf meeting HMCS Haida recently, a fitting intermingling of the old and the new alongside a great view of the size difference in the ships. HMCS Harry DeWolf delivered the Grey Cup to Ontario on this stop as well. Some great relationship building...

Atleast for Canada, this option was initially considered early in the CSC programs life. It was planned to have one ASW/GP variant to make up the majority of the class (12~) while a second variant was fitted out in an AAW configuration and procured in smaller numbers (3-5). This was eventually...

Dr. Steve Wills (Navalist at the Center for Maritime Strategy) recently had a good interview with Vice Admiral Angus Topshee (Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy) regarding many different topics and the RCN. Around the 11:50 mark, they begin to speak about the procurement and Canadian Surface...

That is a fair point regarding the submarines procurement, it's a very long term goal and Australia still requires a modern ASW capability. I hope all of this nonsense about cutting Hunter for corvettes or a less capable vessel class is not true. Since my initial post, it seems that BAE had to...

I think the main concern Australia is currently facing is that their previously made procurement decisions are not gelling with the reality that they currently find themselves in. Australia is going to be standing off against China in the Pacific, a 32 cell GP frigate with a bend towards ASW...

This Hunter class mockup was recently shown off at the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition 2023, where the multi-mission bay is replaced by 64 Mark 41 strike length cells for a total of 96 cells.

As far as I can tell, there was export design options available from Saint John's based off the Halifax class that did incorporate SM-2 missiles. I've included them below but from what I can gather, none of these options were ever seriously taken up by any interested parties.

Preliminary delivery date for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project is set for 2035?

The difference is that the Americans have an actual reason to have bases in areas like California, Guam, Hawaii and Florida. I'm not even touching on the can of worms that admitting the Turks and Caicos Islands as a province would be but even if it was, what would be the point of putting a base...

https://akerarctic.fi/en/arctic-passion/aker-arctic-provides-ice-expertise-for-canadian-polar-icebreaker/ According to this, the wait shouldn't be very long.

All bow before our lord and savior, Davie 😛

This 20 day submerged figure is less impressive to me as there is no qualifying facts attached to it. I'm assuming its 20 days either sitting entirely still or cruising at a very low speed.