Leadmark: the Navy's Strategy for 2020
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0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page 2 Directorate of Maritime Strategy NDHQ/Chief of the Maritime Staff Major-General George R. Pearkes. Bldg 101 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K2 ISBN 0-662-30934-0 Cat. no. DB3-22/2001E Art Direction by DGPA Creative Services 2000CS-0758 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page i 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page iii Leadmark: The Navy’s Strategy for 2020 lead´mark n. (navigational) a fixed point of reference, to lead a vessel in making a safe passage, ahead of and in line with a chosen course; an aid for turning onto and steering that chosen course; used also to mark clearing bearings (cf.) past known but unmarked shoals and other dangers. iii 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page iv Acronyms and Abbreviations AAD Area Air Defence AAW Anti Air Warfare ALSC Afloat Logistics and Sealift Capability ALSS Advanced Logistic Support Site ADF Australian Defence Force AEW Airborne Early Warning AIP Air Independent Propulsion AOR Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment Vessel ASW Anti Submarine Warfare ASuW Anti Surface Warfare C2 Command, Control C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence Reconnaissance and Surveillance CADRE Command and Control, Air Defence Replacement CANUS Canada-United States CAS Chief of the Air Staff CATG Canadian Task Group CBM Confidence Building Measures CDS Chief of the Defence Staff CF Canadian Forces CFSU Canadian Forces Support Unit CIMIC Civil - Military Cooperation CJTL Canadian Joint Task List CLS Chief of the Land Staff CMS Chief of the Maritime Staff COE Concept of Employment DCDS Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff DD/DDE Destroyer / Destroyer Escort DDA Director Defence Analysis DDG Guided Missile Destroyer DDH Helicopter Carrying Destroyer DFAIT Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade iv Leadmark: The Navy’s Strategy for 2020 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page v DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans DGSP Director General Strategic Planning DM Deputy Minister D Mar Strat Director(ate) of Maritime Strategy DND Department of National Defence DPG Defence Planning Guidance ECS Environmental Chief of Staff EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EMP Electro-magnetic Pulse EW Electronic Warfare FELEX Frigate Equipment Life Extension FFH Helicopter Carrying Frigate FLS Forward Logistics Site FPS Force Planning Scenarios GDP Gross Domestic Product HFSW Radar High Frequency Surface Wave Radar HMCS Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship HNS Host Nation Support HQ Headquarters HR Human Resources ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IO/IW Information Operations / Information Warfare IRF Immediate Reaction Forces JFHQ Joint Force Headquarters JTF Joint Task Force LTCP Long Term Capital Plan MARCOM Maritime Command MARLANT Maritime Forces Atlantic MARPAC Maritime Forces Pacific MCF Main Contingency Force MCDV Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel MCP Maritime Capability Plan MCPG MARCOM Capability Planning Guidance MENA Middle East and North Africa MND Minister of National Defence MPA Maritime Patrol Aircraft NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization v Acronyms and Abbreviations 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page vi NAVRES HQ Naval Reserve Headquarters NBC Nuclear Biological Chemical NDHQ National Defence Headquarters NGO Non-governmental Organization NMD National Missile Defence NORAD North American Aerospace Defence NRCAN Natural Resources Canada O&M Operations and Maintenance OGD Other Government Department OPI Office of Primary Interest OOTW Operations Other than War PLAN People’s Liberation Army Navy QOL Quality of Life RAN Royal Australian Navy RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force RCN Royal Canadian Navy RCNR Royal Canadian Naval Reserve RCNVR Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve R&D Research and Development RCMP Royal Mounted Canadian Police RMA Revolution in Military Affairs RN Royal Navy RNZN Royal New Zealand Navy S&T Science and Technology SAR Search and Rescue SCP Strategic Capabilities Plan SCONDVA Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs SDF Strategic Defence Forum SELEX Submarine Equipment Life Extension SNFL Standing Naval Forces Atlantic (See also STANAVFORLANT) SSBN Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine SSGN Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Submarine SSK Conventionally Powered Submarine SSN Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine STANAVFORLANT Standing Naval Forces Atlantic (See also SNFL) STANAVFORMED Standing Naval Forces-Mediterranean TG Task Group vi Leadmark: The Navy’s Strategy for 2020 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page vii TSSU Tactically Self-Sufficient Units UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UN United Nations UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea US United States of America USN United States Navy USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics VCDS Vice Chief of the Defence Staff WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction vii Acronyms and Abbreviations 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page viii Table of Contents Acronyms / Abbreviations.......................iv to vii Part 1: Setting Course .........................................1 Part 2: Selecting a Leadmark.............................7 Strategic Capability Planning for the CF ..........................................9 Assumptions..................................................................................17 Concepts, Roles, Tasks, Capabilities and Competencies ................18 The Maritime Force Development Process.....................................20 Summary.......................................................................................25 Part 3: Gathering the Instruments ................27 The Roles of Navies.......................................................................29 Approaches to Naval Strategy........................................................41 A Typology for Navies....................................................................43 Some Principles of Medium Power Naval Strategy ........................46 Conclusion ....................................................................................49 Part 4: Sternmark to 2020..................................51 The Canadian Navy, the First Hundred Years .................................52 The Early Years ..............................................................................53 The Second World War ..................................................................56 The Cold War .................................................................................58 Post Cold War to the Present.........................................................63 Current Developments — The Next Navy ......................................67 Summary.......................................................................................70 viii Leadmark: The Navy’s Strategy for 2020 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page ix Part 5: Clearing Bearings: The Future Security Environment............................................71 The Canadian Forces & the Future Security Agenda ......................73 Trend Analysis ...............................................................................76 Future Security Challenges............................................................77 Force Planning Scenarios ..............................................................86 Future Maritime Security Environment ..........................................87 Summary.......................................................................................90 Part 6: Leadmark: Mission, Vision and Strategy for Canada’s Navy .................................91 Canadian Naval Roles and Functions.............................................93 Principles of a Canadian Naval Strategy ......................................100 Core Canadian Naval Competencies.............................................117 Conclusion:Leadmark...................................................................119 Part 7: Preparing the Notebook: Future Naval Capability Requirements ........................................121 Future Capability Requirements...................................................128 Basic Competency Components...................................................128 C4ISR......................................................................................128 Self-Defence ...........................................................................132 Force Generation (Resource Acquisition)................................137 Sustainment (Resource Maintenance)....................................143 Sustainment (Operational).....................................................145 Organic Air ............................................................................147 Force Multiplier Competency Components ..................................149 Force Defence..........................................................................150 Support to Other Forces ..........................................................157 Tailored capabilities for OOTW ................................................164 Summary .....................................................................................166 ix Table of Contents 0547_01_Leadmark2020_Epub 11/21/01 10:12 pm Page x Part 8: “On Track by Leadmark” ...................167 Selected Bibliography......................................171 Acknowledgements............................................175 Appendix A Selected Documentation .................................A1 Appendix B Force Planning Scenarios ................................B1 Appendix