Mark Collins – Winter 2016/17 Edition of CDA Institute’s “ON TRACK” Magazine

Contents via a message from the CDAI: … Ottawa, 1 December 2016 – The CDA Institute is pleased to release the latest issue of ON TRACK which features thoughtful and informative articles…

Source: Mark Collins – Winter 2016/17 Edition of CDA Institute’s “ON TRACK” Magazine

Mark Collins – New RCAF Fixed-Wing SAR Plane Choice Real Soon?

Further to these January and February posts respectively, RCAF Fixed-Wing SAR Bids In: No LockMart But Embraer [links to the contending aircraft at the post] New RCAF Fixed-Wing SAR: Evaluation of …

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Mark Collins – US Navy’s Seawolf Nuclear Attack Subs (SSN) and the Arctic

One wonders how much our government knows of these activities–note link at end of the post: An American Submarine Just Slipped Under the Arctic Ice USS ‘Seawolf’’s missions and technology are…

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Mark Collins – The Bear and the North American Arctic: Not Really to Worry (for now)

Further to this 2015 post, Arctic Tensions Not Really About the Region but Relations With Russia No Need For Hoo-Hah Over the Bear and Arctic Waters some sensible words from an American at War on t…

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Mark Collins – Canada Should Just Say “Yes” to Missile Defence, Cont’d (plus Russian cruise missile threat)

Further to these posts, Canada Should Just Say “Yes” to Missile Defence, North Korea in Mind A retired Canadian diplomat, most recently our government’s political adviser to NORAD’s (and US NORTHCO…

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Mark Collins – Summer 2016 Edition of CDA Institute’s “ON TRACK”

Contents via a message from the CDAI–full edition is here: … – “Editorial – What’s Wrong with Canada’s Reserves?” by Dr. Howard Coombs – “…

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Mark Collins – Davie Québec Wants to Build Icebreaker for, Unload Other Vessels on, Canadian Coast Guard, Part 2

Further to this post with lots of detail on the pitch and in which I wrote… … The CCG could certainly use a new polar icebreaker before 2022 and the other vessels Davie has been put for…

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Mark Collins – NORAD and Russian Cruise Nukes: “de-escalation”? Part 2

Further to this 2015 post, more on an aspect of Russian nuclear doctrine to which we should be paying considerable attention–and an aspect that emphasizes the centrality of the NORAD mission …

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Mark Collins – Canadian Defence Review: Early Meetings

Two pieces from the Conference of Defence Associations Insitute: 1) Tweet on meeting organized by CDA/CDAI: 2) Report on official Vancouver defence review Vancouver roundtable: Defence Policy Revie…

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Mark Collins – 1830 May 16: Canadian National Defence Minister to Face House for Hours (with video)

CPAC will have live video (see here: “1830 House of Commons”)–could be interesting if opposition asks substantive rather than tendentious questions: Sajjan to face grilling over d…

Source: Mark Collins – 1830 May 16: Canadian National Defence Minister to Face House for Hours (with video)