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(we've boarded Danish vessels in the past)
Out of curiousity when?
(we've boarded Danish vessels in the past)
Praetorian said:Arctic Sovereignty is essential for Canada
However an Army Det would do little good
The Americans want to use the north as a passage for maritime commerce
Kinda like a Northern Panama.
The North is the Navy's primary concern, the Army cant do much against ships dozens of miles out to sea.
It is also a well documented fact that USN SSN regularly do under ice transits, which is why strong pressure was put on the grits to halt a Canadian SSN project by the yanks .
Additionaly Denmark is making noise over Hans Island ( a 2 km sq. rock)
Once again only Warships are capable of defending that land (we've boarded Danish vessels in the past)
The only time the army could be needed is in an invasion of Greenland
So what we need for the North is not a base, but a Navy capable of getting up there.
Ex-Dragoon said:I don't recall Kim Campbell ever mentioning SSNs...
Yes but it was specified the last Conservative government ordered them, might be just sematics but she was the last PC PM in power, even if holding the reigns for several months. And no they were never iordered, Perrin Beatty presented them as an option. No contracts were ever signed.It was Mulronys government he ordered them
3rd Horseman said:The doctrine to fight in our arctic is to wait and let an army invade and cut there supply line and leave them to freeze on the ice.
3rd Horseman said:Journeyman...don't think you will find any defense plans for any Canadian operation in any of those books.
...I thought you meant....well, doctrine.3rd Horseman said:The doctrine to fight in our arctic is to wait and let an army invade and cut there supply line and leave them to freeze on the ice.
blueboy said:I was speaking to some Army Senior NCO's about it and they said it appears that it will be a
tough go to find the personnel to go north. They were also stating that the site at Iqualuit
is probably the best site available. Any comments?
Armymatters said:Well, we can close up to half of the 24 Canadian Forces bases across Canada without degrading the overall effectiveness of the force, according to the Auditor General... so close the 12 bases, and take the savings from closing those bases and invest it in the Tory Arctic base, and investment in new hardware (like new tanks or new supply ships)... that should resolve funding the presence up north quite nicely.
In fact, read this editorial:
http://www.ciss.ca/Comment_Boostingdefence.htm