Mark Collins – Canada and Missile Defence plus Russian Cruise Missile Threat

The conclusion of a November 14 presentation by CGAI Senior Analyst Dave Perry to the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence (the sort of serious discussion of broad defence iss…

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Mark Collins – US Navy: Carriers or Subs, with the Dragon in Mind

Further to these posts, RAND on War Between the Dragon and the Eagle [note links at start] War Between the Dragon and the Eagle: USN Carriers up to It? some recommendations for the USN’s futu…

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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 – Defence Budget One Percent GDP: What Balance Between Canadian Armed Services?

A retired Army colonel regretfully assesses that the regular Army is too large–an excerpt from a very cogent piece at the “CDA Institute Blog: The Forum”: Core Challenge for the D…

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Mark Collins – New USAF ICBMs/New USAF Nuke ALCM (cruise missile)

Keep in mind that nuclear weapons are still very much part of American defence: 1) At Defense Industry Daily–the start of a major article: Missile Envy: Modernizing the US ICBM Force August 1…

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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 – Should RCN Subs Lives be Extended to 2030s?

Further to these posts last year, RCN Subs Life-Extension to 2030s? Why? RCN Subs Life-Extension to 2030s? Why? Part 2 readers should be able to anticipate how I think the government ought to respo…

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Mark Collins – USN “Admiral Warns: Russian Subs Waging Cold War-Style ‘Battle of the Atlantic’”–and RCN?

Further to this post and the “Comments” on Russian subs (note cruise missile threat to North America), RCN Canadian Surface Combatant Woes: Not Enough Dough perhaps the national defence…

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Mark Collins – NORAD to Face Escorted Cruise Missile-Carrying Russian Bombers?

Further to the latter part of this post, Who Needs Fifth Generation (Stealth) Fighters? But Escorted Russian Bombers? a Russian fighter jet makes another very long flight: Intercept This! Russian M…

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Mark Collins – New Head of US NORTHCOM–And, One Assumes, NORAD

The failure to mention in the story that the NORTHCOM commander is double-hatted as NORAD chief (always with a Canadian deputy commander) is presumably just a normal oversight: Gen. Lori Robinson N…

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