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That is true however, I think this concept is much more vulnerable than many other projects. - A Polar Class 2 "do it all" Arctic Mobile Base ship has never been done previously, leading to a lot of potential complications as PC2 requires a substantial amount of redundancy, strengthening, etc...

I would imagine a design such as this will have a robust self defence capability alongside a decent sensor suite, primarily due to as you mention the fact it will find itself alone most of the time. If you look at vaguely similar vessels to what is being proposed for AMB, you can see what I am...

None, the only Navy asset able to safely operate into ice is the AOPS and even that vessel isn’t capable of operating in the seasons you mention. It seems like they want a platform capable of going effectively anywhere in the Arctic whenever it is ultimately required. The only other vessel...

https://t.co/KVbCccAN4I Noah shared a very interesting post recently, I wasn’t entirely sure where it best fit so I am posting it here. Apparently the RCN is looking at procuring a pair of “Arctic Mobile Base” ships, which sound to be a true “Joint Support Ship” concept similarly in some...

If they didn't do it during the original conversion, I doubt they'll do it after the fact.

Yes and they are also buying multiple page spreads in relevant naval magazines as well recently, it seems they are becoming increasingly desperate to stop their leased gravy train from ending. Unless Davie plans to come down significantly on the ridiculous sale price they were floating...

https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/europe-must-wean-off-addiction-to-us-military-swedish-defmin-says/ This language makes me wonder if GlobalEye is being focused on due to the fact the Gripen acquisition is being viewed as a dead end? Hopefully so.

This sort of thing is disingenuous on the part of Saab as this kind of data centre is effectively a baseline requirement for the Gripen to be adopted by the RCAF. Hard to "dangle" something that is inherently required within a bid in the first place.

Noah recently shared a conceptual graphic of the CDC, although as always take it with a grain of salt. It was said that this should only be taken as only representative and not an accurate showing of what the design might be. With that being said, it is interesting to see a fixed panel array...

Because capability is costly and speed/stealth are incredibly valuable. Something like Absalon is a slow vessel that is poorly optimized for many duties outside of being a strange, budget friendly hybrid vessel. There is a reason why they were effectively a one off and their kind never became...

That is a 40mm gun and not a 57mm gun, the same as has been retrofitted to Svalbard.

The March 2026 Edition of Starshell Magazine has a bunch of interesting items relating to Canadian shipbuilding and strategy. From NAC Naval Affairs Director Tim Addison: In a chat with Rear-Admiral Jason Armstrong, Chief of Naval Capability: Another discussion with Captain(N) Robert Watt...

Because it's basically a small naval auxiliary designed to do non-combatant duties, that pricetag is likely not including much of the actual costs of the vessel as well.

Considering the Germans built the Berlin class in multiple modified versions many years apart, that could be an option for the RCN for additional hulls down the line. I would also keep an eye out for the potential of smaller, less capable but more numerous and cost efficient resupply vessels...

I personally find the talk about 20 CDC when the program is so infantile and seemingly not even solidified regarding its basic specifications to putting the cart before the horse, there's a lot of bold statements happening but I am doubtful they will see follow through. This sort of combatant...

It's very hard to see how the GCAP participants or any other country who isn't desperate would look at Canada after this never ending fighter procurement fiasco and go "yeah, those guys are who I want as a partner."

The 127mm gun has substantially more range even with unguided ammunition, and said ammunition has a much larger payload capability to actually destroy the targets. 57mm guns have a far higher rate of fire and magazine capability however, it's more focused on closer range engagements and putting...

Lasers and other DEW's are becoming more and more common aboard warships going forward however, I think they will only be a specialist supplemental capability and will not replace other hard/soft kill systems for quite sometime. Others users have went through the issues that lasers face, with...

The Greeks really also didn't have many options available to them, considering how their frontline frigates currently/at the time only has the same 16 ESSM armament as the Halifax class.

It's something to consider as well that RAM is one of the inner most defensive armaments of the RCD, so it should not be expected to take the brunt of strikes. SM-2 IIIC has a listed range of 170km ESSM Block II has a listed range of 50km+ The 5"/62 Mark 45 Mod 4 has a listed range of 40km~...