Ajax will force the UK to submit into continuing the programme
16 December 2025 For those classicists, Ajax was notable for his abundant strength and courage, especially in his duels with Hector at the Battle of Troy. He was known as…
Report – From the Depths: Getting the Victoria-class Submarine Replacement Right
28 October 2025 For multiple governments, the Victoria-class submarine fleet has been a procurement curse. The subs have been on land more than at sea, undergoing extensive refits and numerous…
Putin’s Victory Day Speech: Tepid, but There’s a Rising Scapegoat
10 May 2022 President Putin marked the first Victory Day celebration since their invasion of Ukraine. Obviously, the usual pomp and circumstance of a military parade in Red Square occurred.…
Mackenzie Institute Report: Returning to Port: A Needed Course Correction to Keep the National Shipbuilding Strategy off the Rocks
9 May 2017 – Victoria/Toronto, CA by Stewart Webb” Today, the Mackenzie Institute published “Returning to Port: A Needed Course Correction to Keep the National Shipbuilding Strategy off the Rocks”.…
Book Watch: Charlie Foxtrot: Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada
Review by Chris Murray 9 January 2017 – London, UK Charlie Foxtrot: Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada By Kim Richard Nossal; Dundurn, 2016. CDN $19.99 ISBN-10: 1459736753 ISBN-13: 978-1459736757 It…
Weekly Recap: F-35’s gaps can be filled by other aircraft
22 August 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb News about the F-35 seems to be a daily reminder of how it has gone vastly awry. We are reminded that…
Weekly Recap: Canada’s Conservatives use ISIS propaganda for political attack ad
28 June 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Well, it is election season in Canada. The television is full of political ads espousing that each political party will fulfill…
The Weekly Recap: Could the Greens save the Canadian Forces
With an election looming, federal party websites are woefully short on their visions for the Canadian Armed Forces… with one exception: The Green Party. 1 June 2015 – Ottawa, CA…
Australia’s defence trade control act clamps down on researchers
London, UK Australia’s Defence Trade Control Act (DCTA) has been described as an overtly strict and complicated defence policy that sails far too close to turning Australia’s research and development…
DefRep weekly recap: Canadian politics is reeling from F-35 JSF crisis
London, UK – 9 December 2012 By Robert Densmore Canada’s conservative government goes into crisis mode over potential F-35 cancellation The Canadian government’s move against the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter…