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Ok so this article from Quora is good and then goes completely sideways. First RMA's on the SPY 7 are not the same size as they RMA's on the SPY 6. RMA's on SPY 6 are 2'x2'x2' blocks. SPY 7 RMA's are approx shoebox sized, with the small area face being the transciever. Doing the math that...

Yah the TLFAPS is a type of VDS. It has both active and passive modes.

New Infographic. RAM has replaced Sea Ceptor as the CIADS. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/rcn-mrc/documents/ships/river-fact.pdf

The first CSC are officially called HMCS Fraser, HMCS Saint-Laurent, HMCS Mackenzie with the Land Based Test Facility taking the name HMCS Assiniboine Call back to previous ships of the name and the heady days of the 1950's where Canada lead the world in pushing escort ships to do things that...

Here's basically the details...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/06/canadian-patrol-submarine-project-hanwha-ocean-inks-partnerships-with-three-local-companies/

It's not that its not required for the SPY 7, its that its not required for the missiles to engage their targets. The Sea Sparrow evolution is similar to the Air to Air Sparrow. The old Sea Sparrow needed a FC Xband to guide it to the target. The new ESSM 2 is more like an AMRAAM (the current...

Wanted to add some thoughts on why the MDA Xband radar isn't on the new ship as there was discussion earlier on this. I think folks need to look at the reason an Xband FC radar is normally fitted on ships. Its for fire control of semi active Surface to Air missiles and ships main gun systems...