U.S. Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol’s rich history of protecting America will come full circle when the U.S. Air Force auxiliary officially celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2016. [node:read-more:link]
Military & Paramilitary
Sustainable Peace Process in Ukraine?
A look at the Minsk Protocol (Minsk I) to stop fighting in Donbass, the implementation of the internationally-brokered Minsk II package (February 2015), and efforts of the Security Council. [node:read-more:link]
Medical Countermeasures for Biological Warfare
With a mandate to protect the protectors from biological warfare, Dr Jim Anderson heads the Biological Warfare Threat Medical Countermeasures project at National Defence. [node:read-more:link]
Unravelling the Omar Khadr payoff
The Omar Khadr case is one of factual and legal complexity. Is the government's rush to payment justified? [node:read-more:link]
Selling UN Peacekeeping to Canadians
Be brutally honest in identifying the goal – why are we going and what will we accomplish? If the goal is not reached, will we cut our losses and leave? [node:read-more:link]
Forechecking the Cyber Puck
In this age, the mouse has proved mightier than the missile, and the accessibility of the cyber space contributes to the fog and friction of war. [node:read-more:link]
Wiping out Piracy (Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines)
Association of South East Nations is battling Piracy. How the situation in South East Asia became hapless and complicated. [node:read-more:link]
MDA awarded $39 million contract for search-and-rescue technology
The Canadian government awarded MDA a $39 million 10-year contract for a new space-based search and rescue technology. The MDA facility in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, will design, build and deliver 10 search and rescue repeaters for DND’s Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system. [node:read-more:link]
CAF to stay on the ground in Quebec to fight floods
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will remain in Quebec a while longer to help flood victims as this year's spring thaw continues to wreak havoc in parts of the province. [node:read-more:link]
Recrafting the Fighter role
The evolution of the role of fighters is at the center of the shift to recraft combat capabilities and operations as operational contexts change. [node:read-more:link]
Canadian Mission in Mali
Fully operational by mid-August, the Canadian task force is fully involved in logistical support, ferrying UN soldiers around the country in Chinook and Griffon helicopters for “presence projection” missions. [node:read-more:link]
The phoenix of RMC Saint-Jean rises
How did the re-opening of RMC Saint-Jean become a strategic issue and make it into the new Canadian Defence Policy “Strong, Secure, Engaged”? [node:read-more:link]
North Korea test-fires short-range projectiles
North Korea test fired several short-range projectiles Saturday morning from the country's eastern coast, according to South Korean officials. [node:read-more:link]
US needs bounty hunters for cyber, ex-DoD officials say
Cyber bounty hunters waging “active defense” of critical infrastructure (CI) is only one among a number of explosive ideas in a new Atlantic Council study by two former DoD officials, [node:read-more:link]
CAF unfazed by beluga whale suspected of spying for Russia
Norway may be wondering about the porpoise of a beluga whale found in its waters sporting a Russian harness, but Canadian defence officials say they are dolphinately not worried about militarized cetaceans being used here. [node:read-more:link]
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