Canada First Defence Strategy

The Canada First Defence Strategy ( CFDS ) is a strategy adopted in 2011, the Canadian government, material and human resources to better equip its military forces and thus to increase the Schlagkräftigkeit. The strategy also includes the border areas of the Arctic in the north of the country with the support of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Target

Strategy objective is to modernize the military and provide them with clearly defined areas of responsibility and its required infrastructure. But the military is more staff and also modernized material.

Areas of application

The Canada First Defence Strategy covers six core objectives (core mission ). Here are the Canadian Forces in future be able to also be able to solve several parallel conflicts and the defined core missions simultaneously implement.

  • Ensuring the country's security and border controls in the country, including the Arctic land areas in the north and by NORAD.
  • Support of the local security forces and ensuring the security of major events.
  • Ensuring national security and counter-terrorism.
  • Support of civil authorities and agencies during crises in the interior, for example, during natural disasters.
  • Management and involvement in prolonged military operations.
  • Faster readiness of the armed forces to assist in crises around the world.

Staff

Through the Canada Defence Strategy also the number of deployable troops will increase. 2009/2010 possessed the armed forces of over 65,000 active soldiers and 26,000 reservists. It is planned that at least 70,000 and the reservists to increase the number of primary active soldiers to 30,000. As of 2012, the number of active soldiers is expected to rise to 68,000 and be in the year 2014/2015 approximately 69,300. For reservists, the number in the year 2011/2012 is expected to rise to 27,000 and 2014/2015 to 28,000.

Budget

Spending on the military equipment of the Canadian armed forces will rise to over $ 30 billion in the years 2027/2028 through the First Defency Strategy of formerly $ 18 billion ( in 2007). The costs and investments are estimated according to plans over the next twenty years on up to 490 billion dollars.

Procurements

The CDFS includes a $ 15 billion expensive material procurement program. There are planned following major purchases:

  • Cargo aircraft: Boeing C-17 Globemaster
  • Transport Aircraft: Lockheed Martin C -130J Super Hercules
  • Transport Helicopter: Boeing CH- 47F Chinook
  • Military Helicopters: CH -148 Cyclone
  • Military Vehicles
  • Purchases from the Arctic Patrol Ship Project and the Joint Support Ship Project for the procurement of new ships of the Canadian Coast Guard.

Another $ 20 billion expensive procurement program includes the procurement of new search and rescue aircraft, new destroyers and frigates, Seeaufklärungsflugzeugen, fighter jets to replace the currently 60 standing in fleet copies of the CF-18 Hornet and new military vehicles and other systems.

North American Aerospace Defense Command Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Boeing CH-47 Chinook Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone Fighter aircraft
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