The RCAF’s $10.4 billion P-8 Poseidon fleet has been delayed yet again — full delivery now pushed back to 2030. As Canada’s aging CP-140 Auroras head for retirement, questions are mounting about maritime and Arctic surveillance gaps. Was a SAAB GlobalEye + Gripen package built in Canada by Bombardier a missed opportunity for jobs and sovereignty?
Canada has finally hit the NATO 2% of GDP defence spending benchmark in fiscal 2025–26, with total expenditures exceeding $63 billion across the Department of National Defence, Canadian Armed Forces, and other government departments. This marks a historic milestone. But the numbers tell only half the story. Behind the spending […]
“2% Achieved—But Is Canada Actually Ready? The Gap Between Spending and Serviceability in Defence of Sovereignty”
Canada finally hit the NATO 2% target and is now aiming for 5% by 2035. But with only 58% overall readiness, half the fleet unserviceable, and massive Arctic sovereignty challenges, is the money actually translating into real capability?
From River-class Destroyers to the $35B Arctic infrastructure push — a clear-eyed look at the gap between announcements and deployable forces.
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Canada is building its most powerful warships in decades. The River-class Destroyer will replace the Halifax-class frigates with advanced stealth, Aegis combat systems, and strong anti-submarine capabilities. Here’s everything you need to know about the Royal Canadian Navy’s flagship modernization program.
This is a follow up of my article published on June 5th, 2024 : Quick Overview : Andrey Belousov and Russian Military Logistics Overhaul Russia Just Built the World’s First Drone-Powered Supply Chain – And It’s Winning the War of AttritionBy Jonathan Wade | December 2, 2025Eighteen months ago, the […]
“We’re Ready Right Now”: Putin’s Ice-Cold Warning That Just Froze Europe At the “Russia Calling!” investment forum in Moscow, surrounded by Chinese, Indian, Turkish and Arab, and even a few curious Western investors, Vladimir Putin looked into the cameras with the same unhurried expression he has worn since February 2022 […]
Le Canada vit un de ces rares moments où une décision d’apparence technique – quel avion de chasse choisir – pourrait redéfinir pendant un demi-siècle notre souveraineté, notre économie et notre place dans le monde. Les premiers F-35A sont attendus sur le tarmac de Bagotville et de Cold Lake en […]
Picture a battlefield where a $500 drone takes out a million-dollar tank. That’s not science fiction—it’s happening right now in Ukraine, where small, agile drones have become game-changers, leveling the playing field against larger forces. For Canada, a country with a sprawling Arctic frontier, thousands of kilometers of coastline, and […]
At the Ādaži military base, approximately thirty kilometers from Riga, the flags of the 14 nations comprising the NATO multinational brigade flutter under a frequently overcast sky, symbolizing transatlantic unity amid geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe. Since 2017, Canada has served as the framework nation for this brigade under Operation […]
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