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Can anyone imagine the RCN allowing a Canadian network TV crew on a frigate doing ASW in North Atlantic vs Russian subs? Our Navy never highlights such NATO work vs those SSNs. Royal Navy has, post at Thin Pinstriped Line: Mark Ottawa

Canadian uranium mining giant Cameco has major interests in Kazakhstan: 1) Canada - Kazakhstan relations 2) Inkai - Kazakhstan - Uranium Operations - Businesses - Cameco 3)...

Oops! Harper announced new breaker in 2008! Mark Ottawa

Oops! Harper announced new breaker in 2008! Mark Ottawa

A lesson for Canada--Aussies signed contract for big Antarctic icebreaker with Dutch firm Damen in 2016--build mainly in Romania, now on first operational voyage (official website here, 25,500 tonnes About Nuyina ). PM Harper announced new Canadian polar breaker in 2018; we'll be lucky to get...

Keeping the old CCG fleet floating and going as we wait...and wait...and wait for all those replacements Seaspan supposed to build somehow as it has the two JSS, the OOSV and one polar icebreaker also (somehow the "up to 16 Multi-Purpose Vessels to support a variety of missions, including light...

At The Drive's "War Zone": Mark Ottawa

News release from Finnish air force on choice of F-35A--how much will our government tell us about reasons for choosing new RCAF fighter (whenever they get around to it)? Mark Ottawa

A key difference with Canada is that Finnish fighters will be expected to take the fight to the Russians over Russian territory right from the start (hence the air-to-surface missiles they are acquiring, RCAF currently has only AGM-154 JSOW). The odds on RCAF fighters going into highly...

Two down, Canada to go: Mark Ottawa

CCG guards with DFO vs fisheries violations, with Environment (or whatever it is now) vs marine pollution, and with RCMP vs criminals on our waters. Mark Ottawa

Good round-up article at The Drive's "War Zone": Mark Ottawa

Justin ref. sarcasm. Mark Ottawa

Looks like F-35A to win in Finland--how can Justin respond to a nice neutral Nordic country going from Hornets to this? Mark Ottawa

Now 42-year old CCGS Amundsen to be kept going--how long? End of decade before replaced by new icebreaker, presumably built by Davie: Mark Ottawa

Embarrassing headline of the day: Mark Ottawa

What the Global Eye AEW&C plane brings to Saab's Gripen E bid for new Finnish fighter--very informative post by Corporal Frisk. Pity no-one like him in Canada. And pity our competition so much more secretive (I believe contending companies very, very limited in what can say publicly, practically...

Boeing putting on full-court press (see also: "‘Boeing needs a bridge’: Planemaker looks abroad to keep Super Hornet line rolling"...

Scraping the bottom of the hull? Apparently an earlier incarnation of the vessel--see p. 4 PDF here:

Very interesting long piece at The Drive's "War Zone", lots in second part on various types of AIP: Mark Ottawa