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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ftdtic:ADA201162 2023-05-15T14:55:04+02:00 Canadian SSNs and Their Employment Brown, Karen V. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA 1988-09 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA201162 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA201162 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA201162 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC AND NTIS 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 Text 1988 ftdtic 2016-02-23T04:11:59Z 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. Text Arctic Canadian Archipelago Northwest passage Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Canada Northwest Passage Pacific |
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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 |
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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 Brown, Karen V. Canadian SSNs and Their Employment |
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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 |
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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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Arctic Canadian Archipelago Northwest passage |
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Arctic Canadian Archipelago Northwest passage |
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