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isPermaLink="false">http://www.canadadefence.com/?p=203</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter MacKay, the Canadian Minister of National Defence said that he doesn’t regret his country’s decision to take part in the military intervention in Libya, despite the recent worsening of the security situation there. Four Americans were killed in the Libyan town of Benghazi on 11th September, after the American embassy there was overrun by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-defence-minister-justifies-his-countrys-involvement-in-libya-203/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HMCS Charlottetown returns home after successfully completing its Middle Eastern mission</title><link>http://www.canadadefence.com/hmcs-charlottetown-returns-home-after-successfully-completing-its-middle-eastern-mission-199/</link> <comments>http://www.canadadefence.com/hmcs-charlottetown-returns-home-after-successfully-completing-its-middle-eastern-mission-199/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>authorax</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Naval Warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Combined Task Force 150]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HMCS Charlottetown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Operation Active Endeavour]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter MacKay]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.canadadefence.com/?p=199</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter MacKay, the Canadian minister of defence and other senior government and naval officials were present at the port city of Halifax today morning, to welcome the Canadian frigate HMCS Charlottetown. The vessel returned to its homeport in the Canadian maritime province of Nova Scotia, after successfully completing a five-month long mission in the Middle [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.canadadefence.com/hmcs-charlottetown-returns-home-after-successfully-completing-its-middle-eastern-mission-199/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Canadian ISAF forces to continue their training program, despite the suspension announced by the US</title><link>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-isaf-forces-to-continue-their-training-program-despite-the-suspension-announced-by-the-us-196/</link> <comments>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-isaf-forces-to-continue-their-training-program-despite-the-suspension-announced-by-the-us-196/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:11:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>authorax</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Land Warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Afghan National Army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ISAF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lt.-Col. Christian Lemay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mazar-e-Sharif]]></category> <category><![CDATA[training program]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.canadadefence.com/?p=196</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lt.-Col. Christian Lemay, an official with the Canadian contingent serving with the ISAF said that Canada has decided to continue with its training program in Afghanistan. The future of the entire training program is currently going through a great deal of uncertainty, after the US Forces decided to suspend those under their command. The American [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-isaf-forces-to-continue-their-training-program-despite-the-suspension-announced-by-the-us-196/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>RCAF’s controversial UAV acquisition plans questioned by defence experts</title><link>http://www.canadadefence.com/rcafs-controversial-uav-acquisition-plans-questioned-by-defence-experts-192/</link> <comments>http://www.canadadefence.com/rcafs-controversial-uav-acquisition-plans-questioned-by-defence-experts-192/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:58:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>authorax</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Polar Hawk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RCAF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen Harper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unmanned Aerial Vehicles]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.canadadefence.com/?p=192</guid> <description><![CDATA[A proposal by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), to acquire Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has been criticized by various defence analysts. Apart from the financial considerations, critics have also questioned other factors such as responsibility, and domestic usage. The RCAF has informed that they plan to use the UAVs for domestic, as well as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.canadadefence.com/rcafs-controversial-uav-acquisition-plans-questioned-by-defence-experts-192/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Canadian shipyards oppose possible German deal by the RCN</title><link>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-shipyards-oppose-possible-german-deal-by-the-rcn-189/</link> <comments>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-shipyards-oppose-possible-german-deal-by-the-rcn-189/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:47:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>authorax</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Naval Warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EGV Berlin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[EGV Frankfurt am Main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HMCS Preserver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HMCS Protecteur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Royal Canadian Navy]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.canadadefence.com/?p=189</guid> <description><![CDATA[Representatives from the Canadian shipbuilding associations today expressed concern that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) may ignore them for the contract to replace the navy’s ageing replenishment ships. Recently the Canadian media had reported that the RCN may award the contract to the German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, based in the province of Schleswig-Holstein. The German [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-shipyards-oppose-possible-german-deal-by-the-rcn-189/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lt Gen Tom Lawson to become the next Canadian CoDS</title><link>http://www.canadadefence.com/lt-gen-tom-lawson-to-become-the-next-canadian-cods-185/</link> <comments>http://www.canadadefence.com/lt-gen-tom-lawson-to-become-the-next-canadian-cods-185/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:40:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>authorax</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Defence & Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chief of Defence Staff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Walter John Natynczyk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lieutenant-General Thomas J. Lawson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen Harper]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.canadadefence.com/?p=185</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister has appointed Lieutenant General Thomas J. Lawson as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CoDS) of the Canadian Armed Forces. Lawson, who is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) General, is currently serving as the Deputy Commander of the NATO’s North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD). He will be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.canadadefence.com/lt-gen-tom-lawson-to-become-the-next-canadian-cods-185/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Government officials give indication that Gen Natynczyk’s term as the CODS is nearing to an end</title><link>http://www.canadadefence.com/government-officials-give-indication-that-gen-natynczyks-term-as-the-cods-is-nearing-to-an-end-182/</link> <comments>http://www.canadadefence.com/government-officials-give-indication-that-gen-natynczyks-term-as-the-cods-is-nearing-to-an-end-182/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:57:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>authorax</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Land Warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Walter John Natynczyk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Operation Nanook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter MacKay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen Harper]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.canadadefence.com/?p=182</guid> <description><![CDATA[Senior Canadian government officials gave strong indications this week to suggest that General Walter John Natynczyk may step down from the post of the Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces very soon. However, Natynczyk has so far given no indication of his plans to step down from the post of CODS. Natynczyk [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.canadadefence.com/government-officials-give-indication-that-gen-natynczyks-term-as-the-cods-is-nearing-to-an-end-182/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Canadian Navy’s HMCS Regina to replace HMCS Charlottetown in the CTF-150</title><link>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-navys-hmcs-regina-to-replace-hmcs-charlottetown-in-the-ctf-150-179/</link> <comments>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-navys-hmcs-regina-to-replace-hmcs-charlottetown-in-the-ctf-150-179/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:49:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>authorax</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Naval Warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CTF-150]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HMCS Charlottetown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HMCS Regina]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.canadadefence.com/?p=179</guid> <description><![CDATA[Canadian naval authorities announced yesterday that one of their Halifax-class frigates, the MHCS Regina have arrived at the Arabian Sea, to join the Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) team operating there. On the other hand HMCS Charlottetown, the other Halifax-class frigate which was serving the CTF-150 since April 2012 will return home, as its mission [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-navys-hmcs-regina-to-replace-hmcs-charlottetown-in-the-ctf-150-179/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Canadian Armed Forces allocates $755 million for its aerobatics team</title><link>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-armed-forces-allocates-755-million-for-its-aerobatics-team-175/</link> <comments>http://www.canadadefence.com/canadian-armed-forces-allocates-755-million-for-its-aerobatics-team-175/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:24:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>authorax</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[431 Air Demonstration Squadron]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CFB Moose Jaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CT-114 Tutor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Snowbirds]]></category><guid
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