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There is a variety of 127mm shells that are absolutely deadly to drones, people often forget that there is a lot of overlap between countering drone threats and countering small boat threats. Western navies have been well equipped and trained to counter the latter, and are generally fairly well...

It wouldn’t make a lot of sense to do either in my opinion, CAMM and RAM from either ExLS or launchers have better range and capability against most threats vs a 40mm gun. The firing angles from that area would be questionable unless you raised the gun significantly, which might have issues with...

As per the RFI, the required timeline is contract awarded by 2028, delivery of first submarine by 2035 and IOC by 2037 at absolute latest.

I heard the rumour mill on this as well awhile ago, I was expecting some kind of news given the RFI deadline was relatively recently but didn’t think it would be this openly addressed.

I've been told that the RCN originally wanted SeaRAM aboard CSC (Physical models from SNA 2019 confirm this and there was an expectation that CAMM would be removed in favor of it after winning the bid) but was forced off in favor of CAMM due to concerns about additional costs of redesigning the...

Even with a magazine somewhat close by, reloading these launchers isn't exactly a speedy process given you need to transport 7 crates of 3 missiles each to the launcher for a full reload, set up a chain pully system and man handle all of the reloads into place. Seems like a design oversight then...

Interesting, I wasn't aware the standalone launchers were the same dimensions vertically. You might be able to fit additional tubes width wise there by moving the NSM launchers around but that doesn't speak for topweight and stability requirements. I would hope they would retain one 21 shot...

Self Defence length Mark 41 cells can fit munitions up to 5.2m long missiles, so ESSM could fit with its 3.66m length. From what I can gather, it was never picked up by any export customers and isn't in active production. The longest missile ExLS can fit is the 3.2m long CAMM, so I would wager...

That is an ancient CSC model that LM keeps dragging along to various conferences, it and everything about it is years out of date. 24 cells is what we’re sitting at now.

Not sure what Norway's plan is here given that they seemingly want to grab ships that are currently being built off the shelf and operate them as is in cooperation with a partner. Given the fact much of NATO is undergoing rapid and long overdue rearmament, there is precious little excess that...

TLDR: it’s a design that isn’t built as a traditional combatant but hyper specialized for a post Cold War world of long range and low intensity international peacekeeping. The design emphasizes endurance and peacekeeping operations to a frankly insane degree, there is a requirement for for up to...

A pair of Albatrosses around the neck of the RCN wouldn't have been an especially welcome development at the time, there was good reason for letting that purchase go.

Lockheed Martin is really getting their moneys worth out of that ancient CSC model huh?

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/news/2024/11/canada-signs-new-partnership-agreement-with-united-states-and-finland-to-produce-arctic-and-polar-icebreakers.html Canada, Finland and the US signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Icebreaker Collaboration...

As far as I am aware, the fisheries patrol fleet section of the CCG in the east is pretty dated and well used. All of the ships are veterans of the Turbot Wars and originally were brought into service during the 1970's and 1980's, I'd say the CCG basically needs these ships now given that...

I have serious doubts that there is enough room in the system for another ship at this point, given how you’ll need to have your suppliers and supply chain to spin up enough materials for another unplanned ship. We’re up against a rock and a hard place with the CSC construction, I don’t think...

Report by Adam Lajeunesse and William Woityra talking about how the USCG could lease an AOPS or have Irving build them another hull. Seems a bit questionable to me in a few aspects? Sounds like a good way to further delay the CSC program or degrade our own fleet capability.

I'd agree but I am skeptical of how that could turn out. I definitely do not want another Davie and Federal Fleet Services situation where we get absolutely sponged for converted ships/leasing agreements but I also see it as an avenue to cheap out on if the RCN doesn't physically own the vessels...

Whatever happens to the MCDV's themselves, I hope that the RCN retains an in-house mine warfare ability. It might seem all too tempting to go with an "all teeth and no tail" corvette while doing something like say, pushing mine warfare duties off onto rented civilian vessels to save on money...

David Axe (the author of that article) is frankly an idiot who would force me to look for myself if he claimed the sky was blue. He previously wrote an AOPS hit piece a few years ago whining about a lack of weaponry aboard that ship. The Batch II River class was built for a different purpose...