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Staff college papers are good academic work. But they are not policy or technical discussions and can't use classified material.A question; the Canadian Forces produced a paper back in 2017 or thereabouts on ways to use diesel subs under arctic ice.
The paper is now clearly out of date; but I'd be interested in your take on the state of the technologies discussed and whether these would be practical.
With that caveat in mind....
Yes, a lot of that discussion is probably still valid. But there are broader considerations, especially in a world where the Chinese really get active. Add in how much the Russians are investing in Arctic infrastructure and we face real threats.
Part of the problem here is that we've become so conditioned to not having these capabilities and relying on the Americans to basically patrol the Arctic that ceding sovereignty has become normalized. We need to have a mature discussion in this country on how much we rely on the Americans and the implications of that reliance. Especially as the Americans become more isolationist and more willing to throw allies under the bus. How much do you think Donald Trump would care about Canada's Arctic interests?