The construction of the first CSC vessel is expected to begin in 2023/2024.Īs of February 2021, five contracts have been awarded for a total of $738,715,681 to support the options analysis and design phases. This project cost also includes necessary ammunition, training, support, and infrastructure. Further costs for personnel, operations, and maintenance for the life cycle of the CSC ships are greatly influenced by the ship design and will therefore only be available later in the process. ![]() The acquisition is for 15 ships to replace both the retired Iroquois-class Destroyers and the Halifax-class frigates, with an estimated cost of $56-60 billion. Delivering humanitarian aid, search and rescue, law and sovereignty enforcement for regional engagements.Conducting counter-piracy, counter-terrorism, interdiction and embargo operations for medium intensity operations and.Supporting the Canadian Armed Forces, and Canada’s Allies ashore.Delivering decisive combat power at sea.The CSC will be able to conduct a broad range of tasks, including: The CSC will be able to deploy for many months with a limited logistic footprint. With its effective warfare capability and versatility, it can be deployed rapidly anywhere in the world, either independently or as part of a Canadian or international coalition. These ships will be Canada’s major surface component of maritime combat power. But count on the Corps to lobby for funding of a fourth Flight II San Antonio-class ship with hull number LPD 33.Canada’s defence policy, “ Strong, Secure, Engaged” (SSE), has committed to investing in 15 Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships. Time will tell whether the Navy or Marine Corps will get their way as a revised defense budget is hashed out in the subsequent months of wheeling and dealing in Congress. While the Marines have radically reinvented themselves in a way they hope will contribute to the Navy’s sea control mission, the Navy itself doesn’t appear convinced that’s worth investing in compared to more submarines and warships. It’s worth noting that in the aforementioned Taiwan wargame, Marines forward-deployed to Taiwan and Okinawa before the shooting started did sink some invading ships, but achieved less than missile-armed aircraft due to lacking resupply. They would also focus on uprooting enemy forces based in such small island outposts. From there, the regiment’s radars, air defense and anti-ships missiles, potentially reinforced by F-35B jump jets operating from improvised airbases, could support nearby Navy ships in combat. In this concept, Marine Littoral Regiments-organized around one infantry battalion, one air defense battalion, and anti-ship missile battery-occupy remote islands in contested water. The Marine Corps Is Drastically Reinventing Itself.That has involved shedding artillery and tanks, and investing in aviation and truck-mounted Naval Strike Missiles that can sink ships from over a hundred miles away. Such operations favorably shape the diplomatic and deterrence landscape before any high intensity war need take place.īut the Corps under Berger has also radically re-invented itself around a new concept for its role in a high-intensity conflict. presence in the Pacific and Indian Oceans at a time China is stepping up such overseas presence ops, too. First, it argues the kind of expeditionary and rapid crisis response capability embarked Marine Corps units provide-even in humanitarian missions-should be seen as more valuable for asserting the U.S. The Marine Corps leadership is aware of the shifting in defense priorities and has a two-part response. In a recent series of wargames simulating an attempted invasion of Taiwan, attempts to transport troops by air or sea to the besieged island ended with their destruction. These vessels therefore rely on escorts to provide a more robust defensive umbrella, and don’t contribute offensive capabilities to a high-intensity fight. 50-caliber machine guns and two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers (range 6 miles). For that scenario, the Navy wants more attack submarines, destroyers stuffed full of air defense missiles, and aircraft carriers with long-range strike aircraft.īy contrast, the Gator Navy’s vessels have only limited close-defense capability: a mix of 20-, 25-, and 30-millimeter autocannons. ![]() After decades of focus on counter-insurgency and beating out regional brush fires, the Navy is now contemplating how to potentially fight an adversary with a large and powerful navy and air force, and an arsenal of anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles that could sink ships from hundreds of miles away. ![]() military in the last decade, the downgrading of the amphibious fleet has to do with China’s growing military power in the Pacific. Every Single Aircraft Carrier in the World.
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