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Operations & Exercises

International Exercises

  • HMCS Winnipeg fires five missiles in new drill
    HMCS Winnipeg successfully launched five missiles in the Barking Sands Operations Area off the Hawaiian island of Kauai in a drill new to Canadian warships – a black firing missile exercise...


  • Navy makes history in Far East
    WESTPLOY is part of a strategy to build strong bilateral and multilateral ties between the Canadian Navy and the navies of Asia-Pacific countries, promoting peace and security in the region...

  • HMCS Calgary fires new missiles
    On November 1, 2007, HMCS Calgary became the first Canadian ship from the West Coast fleet to fire the new Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)...


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Background Summaries

Recent operations overview

Recent exercises overview

Summary: Operation ALTAIR (Oct. 2003-present)

International Operations

Operation HESTIA 2010

HMCS Halifax returns from Haiti

HMCS Fredericton prevents pirate attack in Gulf of Aden

International Exercises

HMCS Winnipeg fires five missiles in new drill

Canadian commodore takes top sea job at multinational exercise

Navy makes history in Far East

Domestic Operations

Icebergs make visit to Grise Fiord a challenge

Operation Nanook 09

Operation Nanook wraps up in the Eastern Arctic

Domestic Exercises

Prince Rupert DIVEX: testing the waters

Underwater DIVEX Leaves Reservists Smiling

Fredericton and Halifax go head-to-head

NATO Exercises

Russian Sailors Prepare to Join Canadians and NATO

New SNMG1 Flagship Completes its First Port Visit

HMCS HALIFAX sails to join NATO in Belgium