By the Editor: The author shines a spotlight on the ‘elephant’ in the room. We, as a country, have too long deceived ourselves regarding the true capabilities and capacities of the Fleet when matched against a more credible and growing potential threat. We have grown too comfortable with just countering a sub-peer group quality of opponent since the end of the Cold War. This article is based on one, by the author, first published in the Canadian Naval Review. Lewis Carroll was making a pun on a Latin grammar rule when he gave these words to the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, but I want to s…
