Canadian SSNs and Their Employment

Abstract

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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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201162

Entities

People

  • Karen V. Brown

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Boats
  • Employment
  • Fish
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • North America
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Surveillance
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Oceanography.
  • Strategic Security Studies