The Navy Today
Continuing Commitments

Beginning in the 1990s, long-standing efforts to renew the ships and equipment of Canada's navy began to produce results, with new vessels entering service. At the same time, the navy continued to fulfill national commitments to alliance operations and, following terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001, to "the war on terror".

HMCS Montréal

This photograph shows the frigate Montréal after it has been fitted with weapons, electronic systems, and other equipment.

The Halifax class frigates reflect the increasing capability of warships to avoid attacks by becoming harder to detect. Part of the ship's design includes measures to significantly reduce its radar cross-section, a measure of how easily objects can be detected by radar. Square corners, have been avoided while the gun turret (right) is shielded in plastic.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
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