Should Canada move navy to Pacific coast?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/canada-move-navy-pacific-coast-meet-china-183427703.html With nothing much going on in the Atlantic, could the RCN find more work from Esquimalt?
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spiffingchap wrote:Only if they build a navy first.Granted we need to advance replacement procurement, but Canada has a navy http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/current/Esquimalt base would need to...
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drunknsubmrnr wrote:No. There isn't much room for the crews or ships in Esquimalt.Surely the ships make demands on the base, not the other way round? If the need exists, and assuming an alternative...
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spiffingchap wrote: Only if they build a navy first.And the RCN currently has 15 escorts compared to the RNs 19. admittedly the RN also has the SSBNs and SSNs and the CVFs building etc but still.
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Also, expansion of CFB Comox could be considered, if needed in the new Pacific-first strategy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Comox
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Civ101 wrote:spiffingchap wrote: Only if they build a navy first.And the RCN currently has 15 escorts compared to the RNs 19. admittedly the RN also has the SSBNs and SSNs and the CVFs building etc...
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For what it's worth, the local government's favour expansion... http://www.timescolonist.com/esquimalt-and-victoria-mayors-back-increased-naval-presence-on-west-coast-1.579790 Five good questions we...
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Admiral Beez wrote: Civ101 wrote: spiffingchap wrote: Only if they build a navy first.And the RCN currently has 15 escorts compared to the RNs 19. admittedly the RN also has the SSBNs and SSNs and...
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Civ101 wrote:spiffingchap wrote: Only if they build a navy first.And the RCN currently has 15 escorts compared to the RNs 19. admittedly the RN also has the SSBNs and SSNs and the CVFs building etc...
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Well spiffingchap, not many navies can claim to be entirely satisfied with the state of their fleet, but let's face it, your comment was rude and insulting. The Halifax class frigates are part way...
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Admiral Beez wrote:drunknsubmrnr wrote:No. There isn't much room for the crews or ships in Esquimalt.Surely the ships make demands on the base, not the other way round? If the need exists, and...
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No doubt they could, and no doubt there would be major challenges to face upgrading the facilities and providing the full gamut of support, including places to live in a relatively small town. You...
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The Greater Victoria area has a population of more than 344,000, so I doubt that there would be that much difficulty in finding/building homes for an extra few thousand sailors and support personnel....
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ADP wrote:Well spiffingchap, not many navies can claim to be entirely satisfied with the state of their fleet, but let's face it, your comment was rude and insulting. The Halifax class frigates are...
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Rather than expanding Esquimalt perhaps Canada would look into adding a northern port location, or expanding at Nanoose bay?
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The Greater Victoria area has a population of more than 344,000, so I doubt that there would be that much difficulty in finding/building homes for an extra few thousand sailors and support personnel....
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Given its reputation as God's waiting room, some may be surprised that the crime rate is high per capita in Victoria.
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As well as the Pacific, the Arctic also seems to be an area of increasing international interest/tension re resources and rights of passage etc. And of obvious interest to Canada. The Canadian plan...
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The Arctic is around the same distance on both coasts, and those distances are normally thought of as trans-oceanic. Western Europe is actually closer to Halifax than the Passage.
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