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Agree, even motor technology is improving to where the storage capacity of a lithium ion powered submarine will be even more efficient.

Submarines are always going to be a contentious issue in Canada especially the bad press the Victoria class has received over the years. Canada in its procurement will ultimately in my opinion go with a blue water design able to transit the Atlantic and Arctic in a traditional cold war role...

No worries I provided verifiable links to everything I stated. My "source" provided me with simply that the coverage degrades over 65 degrees which I provided a online source. I will not provide any other information, only the opinion that drones in the context of what you stated are years away...

Hi, it seems you are inferring I am lying or otherwise making this up. Been to the Arctic many times and know exactly the type of communications we have above 65 degrees. Enhanced SATCOM project...

Yes MV is the ship and the actual running of the ship is civilian personnel staffed through federal fleet, the rest is NRU (Naval Replenishment Unit) which are made up of reg/res personnel. Some recommendations from the PBO question the utility of buying the Asterix as its upkeep will increase...

Actually Davie has turned the ship into a tanker conversion which they lease to the RCN for 620M for 5 years and have added 71M to that amount due to underestimating its usage. I want to make it perfectly clear that the RCN do not own Asterix and it hasn't really been used that much due lately...

I agree that using drones would a effective way to patrol the Arctic, based out of Iqaluit and other areas but as I said there are coverage gaps. To operate these large drones you need continuous coverage, and not just continuous coverage, you also need the C2 and the bandwidth. Currently there...

Canada has already expanded its coverage of the Arctic through the RADARSAT constellation, its satellites pass over the Arctic four times a day and over the entire NW passage twice a day. The frequency of its passes is more than sufficient for detection and movement of ships. Unless we have...

To be effective in the Arctic these types of drones need reliable satellite coverage, that does not exist in the Arctic. I had this exact conversation last year with someone that looks after Canadian military drones procurement in Ottawa.