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At a recent Canadian Maritime Advisory Council meeting in Ottawa, I was disappointed to learn again that the Royal Canadian Navy still had no plan to install a multi-beam echo sounder (MBES) on the Arctic offshore patrol ships which are under construction now, writes Pierre Leblanc. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Canadian Hydrographic Service

Opinion

BY PIERRE LEBLANC

June 10, 2019

OTTAWA—At a recent Canadian Maritime Advisory Council meeting in Ottawa, I was disappointed to learn again that the Royal Canadian Navy still had no plan to install multi-beam echo sounders (MBES) on the Arctic offshore patrol ships (AOPS) which are under construction now. I was also concerned wi...

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