Posted on 09/08/2016 11:46:06 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Hull for hull, at least one landlocked country can match Canada's Atlantic fleet. How the Royal Canadian Navy stacks up on the high seas
In 2017, Canada's last destroyer, HMCS Athabaskan, will be retired, forcing the Royal Canadian Navy to lean on the U.S. to protect its ships from air attack. Last year, the vessel, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, twice broke down while at sea. Meanwhile, even Canada's newly renovated submarines won't last more than a few years without a few billion dollars in upgrades.
Critics have called the Royal Canadian Navy "decayed," "neglected" and "embarrassing." But how small is our once-mighty navy, really? The National Post called up naval experts and defence thinkers and dug through troves of international naval data to find out just how the Royal Canadian Navy stacks up on the high seas.
29 warships
One (soon-to-be-retired) destroyer, 12 frigates, 12 coastal defence vessels and four submarines. That's every single ship in the Royal Canadian Navy designed to break things (which is to say, a ship with guns, torpedoes and missiles on it). The Navy has other ships, of course, but they're for training, research or harbour work. Naval type often hasten to mention that Canada has a very large coast guard that does navy-esque things on occasion, but none of those ships have guns. And if one is really pushing it in calculations of Canada's naval strength, they can mention that Canada is home to dozens of commercial vessels that can team up with the navy when things get bad.
Smaller than any other G7 country
The biggest pitfall of comparing navies is simply to compare fleet sizes. (An aircraft carrier trumps a destroyer, after all.) Nevertheless, on almost any metric, Canada is out-navied by its G7 co
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Two rowboats and a canoe, last I checked...
Might want to practice on Pitcairn Island first
if Canada was to meet the two percent of GDP defence spending NATO commitment, defence spending would have to more than double.
You know the old saying, "Gas, Grass, or A$$, nobody rides for free !"
Wing Commander Nick Osborne walks past Skyhawks at Ohakea air base in New Zealand. The ageing jets will not be replaced, effectively grounding the air force.
In the biggest defence shake-up since the Second World War, the Labour Prime Minister, Helen Clark, promised to scrap all 34 of the RNZAF's combat and trainer jet aircraft. The navy's only frigate, Canterbury, will not be replaced.
The decision marked the first time the RNZAF had been without combat aircraft since it was established in 1938. It will be left with some transport aircraft and helicopters
I get great cheddar cheese for NZ.
Canada vs New Zealand would be the world’s most polite war.
C- “Excuse me, we’d like to invade your country.”
NZ- “I’m sorry, but we’d rather you didn’t”
C- “Oh, terribly sorry we bothered you.”
“NZ- “Perfectly alright, would you like some beer and mutton before you sail home?”
C- “Thank you, that is some good beer, eh?”
With Canada having zero(0) logistics and replenishment ships, invasion at a distance is not really feasible
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