Canadian SSNs and Their Employment

Through the public forum of the 1987 White Paper, the government of Canada announced its intentions to make major changes to Canada's military and to her defense posture. Among other things, the White Paper publicized the planned acquisition of ten to twelve nuclear powered submarines. The gove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Karen V.
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Submarine Engineering
*NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES
ARCHIPELAGOES
ACQUISITION
DEFENSE SYSTEMS
EMPLOYMENT
WATER
CANADA
THESES
NAVIGATION
INTERNATIONAL
OCEANS
POSTURE(GENERAL)
SUBMARINES
ARCTIC REGIONS
UNITED STATES
NATIONAL SECURITY
Arctic
Canada
Northwest Passage
Pacific
Canadian Archipelago
Northwest passage
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA201162
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA201162
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Summary:Through the public forum of the 1987 White Paper, the government of Canada announced its intentions to make major changes to Canada's military and to her defense posture. Among other things, the White Paper publicized the planned acquisition of ten to twelve nuclear powered submarines. The government hopes that these submarines will help assert Canada's claim of sovereignty in the waters of the Canadian Archipelago including the Northwest Passage. The United States considers the Northwest Passage to be a strait used for international navigation and subject to the right of transit passage. The SSNs will also have a clearly martial role in protecting Canada's economic interests and her national security responsibilities in the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Arctic Oceans. This thesis examines these reasons behind Canada's decision to acquire an SSN fleet and their potential employment. Theses.

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