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Major article at "The War Zone" (excellent site): Mark Ottawa

Meanwhile at Seaspan: Mark Ottawa

Looks like British Army to take main hit in "Integrated Review"--implications, if any, for CAF? Mark Ottawa

British view at Thin Pinstriped Line: But North Atlantic ASW vs Russkie subs with cruise missiles (nuke or conventional, see "Responding to Russia’s Northern Fleet" https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/march/responding-russias-northern-fleet )? Mark Ottawa

Biden admin starting to put pressure on Trudeau gov't over NORAD modernization, North Warning System--our gov't still basically dithering, not willing to commit serious bucks. At the Wall St. Journal: Canadian readout of Blinken/Garneau virtual meeting made no mention of NORAD, just says this...

Four stories, things a bit confusing: 1) 2) 3) 4) Mark Ottawa

Key thing is apparent ten-fold increase in cost estimate from 2008, then three-fold increase from 2016 (less than five years ago) , with no ship for several more years. Not a Good Look. And I doubt that any ship types made under the shipbuilding strategy will ever be sold abroad, for evident...

Meanwhile price looks like stalling, at least for a while: Mark Ottawa

Soon we'll be talking real money--$1 billion to build a 4,500 ton civilian ship in Canada that is years late is acquisition malpractice/lunacy: Mark Ottawa

Now engines: Mark Ottawa

Cost has tripled, insane--2016 story: And 2015-16 gov't report: Now 2024. Nuts. Mark Ottawa

That's about the displacement of US Navy heavy cruisers built before WW II: https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-ca.html USS New Orleans 1943. Mark Ottawa

Major paper from Naval Association of Canada defending CSCs: Mark Collins

More at the excellent "The War Zone": Plus earlier: Mark Ottawa

Oh dear, maybe only 10 CSCs?: Mark Ottawa

Remember that in 2012 Irving was awarded mandate under NSS for large combat ships including CSC (In 2013 CSC construction was "not expected to begin before 2020"! P. 6 PDF http://navalassoc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/NSPS-Update.pdf); Type 26 design was selected in Feb. 2019 (...

USAF F-117s for Red Air until F-35 can do the role: Mark Ottawa

Finnish Hornets ten years younger than RCAF's just buy them to complete the fighter force renewal: Mark Ottawa

Odds on first CSC being launched in 2027? Mark Ottawa

Congress now noticing NORAD/North Warning System--US armed services are furiously active outlining plans to take part in what I call “the Arctic policy party” (see this article at War on the Rocks on the need to coordinate the US’ military–and civilian–Arctic efforts: “Focusing the Military...