March 10, 2022, CTV News.ca General Wayne Eyes, speaking at a defence conference in Ottawa says the threat of an invasion by Russia of Canada’s north is very low. Having been asked about Russians occupying one of Canada’s northern islands as they did in Crimea, he said the risk of that right now is very…
WHY? – NORAD By Their Policy ‘DOES NOT PROTECT CANADA’! A new CTV news article cites Vladimir Putins invasion of Ukraine as a reason for Canada to increase its funding of NORAD, the ‘North American Aerospace Defence Command’. What the article doesn’t say is that since 2017 it has not been the policy of the…
The Case for cancelling both the new Frigate purchase and the National Ship Building Strategy. In 2010, the Canadian government made a commitment to two of Canada’s largest Shipbuilding companies, Irving and Seaspan, to build and modernize Canada’s navy and Coast Guard. This was supposed to mean that Canada’s naval shipbuilding capability would become more modernized,…
Given Canada’s geography, our military budgets and our geopolitical position, Canada has but one real choice in the new fighter procurement decision. The Gripen fighter is built by a northern country for the realities of a northern climate. The Gripen is cheaper to buy ( Gripen 45 million (USD), F35 – 77.9 – 82 million…
Canada, the Freeloader, Rather Than Vested Defence Partner in NORAD and the Defence of North America – An Article written by Lieutenant- Colonel Andrew Wood CAF published in Journal.forces.gc.ca. At “Notes from the North we disagree with Colonel Wood’s position. Here are excerpts from Colonel Wood’s article with comments by ‘Notes from the North’ . …
Note to Prime Minister Trudeau Canada took 30 years to buy American made military helicopters to replace our Sea Kings. Helicopters that were supposed to be military, off-the- shelf products but weren’t. When purchased, they didn’t even actually exist except on paper, but we bought them. Or rather you bought them on our behalf. They…
MORE FROM – Nicola Seguin · CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2021 6:50 PM AT | Last Updated: December 5, 2021 More Broken Helicopter – ANOTHER ARTICLE BY NICOLA SAQUIN with ‘National Post’ content. – With Expert Input by Michael Byers. Mr Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of…
21 of 26 Cyclone Helicopters are found to have cracks in their tail area Author, Reporter: Nicola Sequin- ( Nicola Seguin is a multi-platform reporter with CBC Nova Scotia, based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax)). The Department of National Defence is attributing cracks recently discovered in the tails of the majority of Canada’s Cyclone helicopters to a…
Canada’s new wardships, the Canadian type 26 frigate variant is now expected to arrive in 2030 or 2031. Fourteen years after the original 2017 delivery date. This is of course no surprise whatsoever to anyone who has ever watched the Canadian government do military procurement. The ship building programme designed to keep Canada’s ship building…
Intro: Canada is in the final stages of choosing a new fighter jet to replace its aging CF 188 fighters (F18s). The competition demanded by the Trudeau Liberals is currently between the US Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and the Swedish SAAB Gripen ‘E’. The United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Australia, Norway, Denmark and…