tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3136636731506368990..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: And We're Fueling China for What Exactly?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-36595710104095595202013-11-06T13:30:30.042-08:002013-11-06T13:30:30.042-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-26856618581569331392013-11-05T15:28:49.513-08:002013-11-05T15:28:49.513-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-23080621365576805942013-09-20T13:38:43.776-07:002013-09-20T13:38:43.776-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-17222828665030061702012-07-28T16:06:54.195-07:002012-07-28T16:06:54.195-07:00As for China (note also "Comments"):
&q...As for China (note also "Comments"):<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=1297" rel="nofollow">What the Dragon Really Wants to Gulp From the Canadian Oil Patch</a>"<br /><br />And they've got a lot more possible naval worries much closer to home than to be serious about the Arctic:<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=1301" rel="nofollow">“Rapid Fire July 25, 2012: South China Sea Scenarios”</a><br /><br />Mark<br />OttawaMark, Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193547132937352127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-28565406493531104702012-07-28T15:58:37.517-07:002012-07-28T15:58:37.517-07:00Actually all this "Arctic sovereignty" s...Actually all this "Arctic sovereignty" stuff is just fear-mongering politics by the government into which our media and most of the opposition have mindlessly bought. At the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute's "3Ds Blog":<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=1212" rel="nofollow">But What About all that “Arctic Sovereignty” Hoo-Hah and Threats to It? Part 2</a>"<br /><br />Plus the ships this government has forced on the RCN for Arctic purposes are neither fish nor cetacean:<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.cdfai.org/the3dsblog/?p=484" rel="nofollow">Guess What? RCN’s Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship Not a Real Warship, or, the Constabulary Navy</a>"<br /><br />And from an <a href="http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vol12/no2/77-shadwick-eng.asp" rel="nofollow">article in the DND-sponsored</a> "Canadian Military Journal":<br /><br />"...<br />For the RCN, the first type out of the NSPS priority box - no doubt to the chagrin of some less-than-enthusiastic naval personnel - will be the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship. Although few tears were shed when the Conservatives jettisoned their original plan for a trio of “armed naval heavy icebreakers,” the AOPS has taken a verbal pounding from those who see it as a flawed hybrid with a compromise hull form that will be less than ideal for operations in the Arctic, the Atlantic, or the Pacific. Its endurance, speed, sensor suite, and armament have drawn particular criticism. At this point, however, the Conservatives have too much political capital tied up in their northern strategy (and NSPS?) to abandon the AOPS in favour of some other option, so the only realistic hope might be to address such issues as endurance on a priority basis, and to leave as much provision as possible for future additions (i.e., an enhanced sensor suite) via the ‘fitted for but not with’ approach. The AOPS is indeed a hybrid, invariably triggering compromises, but at least the RCN of the future will possess some northern capability..."<br /><br />Mark<br />OttawaMark, Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193547132937352127noreply@blogger.com