helicopters from the Royal Canadian
Air Force, Coast Guard or contracted
through offshore services, the Arctic
and Offshore Patrol Ship is perfectly
suited to undertake all of the tasks
previously mentioned, enabling partners
in their pursuit of missions assigned.”
Future Generations
Canada possesses a vast maritime
estate—it has the world’s longest
coastline, the second largest conti-
nental shelf, and the fifth largest Ex-
clusive Economic Zone in the world.
The AOPS will provide security in in-
ternational operations such as anti-
smuggling, anti-piracy, international
security, artic sovereignty, as well
as contribute to humanitarian assis-
tance, emergency response and di-
saster relief in domestically or inter-
nationally—in fact, its primary mission
while operating in Canada’s North will
be surveillance and securing Canada’s
Arctic Sovereignty in collaboration
with other Government Departments
and Canada’s Arctic partners.
“The multi-purpose nature and versa-
tility of this ship, both independently
and as part of an allied or coalition
Task Force, allows Canada to rapidly
deploy credible naval forces world-
wide, on short notice,” says Simpson.
“This calls for naval forces that are
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