Canadian Navys own RMA?

             Within the past few decades the theatre of operation has shifted from open ocean naval warfare, to predominantly littoral warfare, much like the other NATO-Naval grand strategies. With the publication: "Leadmark-The Navy's Strategy For The Year 2020", the Department of Defense acknowledged this trend, progressing toward a need for a littoral capability in the future of the Canadian Navy. The fore-mentioned document also details the importance of interoperability of all elements of the Canadian and international NATO forces, land, sea and air. This need for inter and intra-operability will be the engine of this discussion, driving today's Navy toward interdependent technological, doctrinal and organizational change.
             Warship design has shifted greatly from the WWII years of naval fire support (NFS) to the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) in the years after the second great war. During WWII Canada enjoyed the position of having the third largest navy in the world, behind our closest allies the British and the Americans. With the threats of infiltration into the western home front by German U-boats, the production of British Flower-Class corvette became Canada's greatest manufacturing effort of this time period. The Canadian Navy started its first steps in the direction of ASW and in turn, shifted its technological direction from NFS to the cat-and-mouse game of ASW, much to the delight of the British government. Some may argue that this Canadian support in convoy escorts across the Atlantic, was the sole factor keeping the war effort in London alive, thus the reason for the defeat of the Germans in Europe. .
             Since WWII, the Korean War saw a shift from "The Train buster's Club" style Canadian naval warships. The River Class frigates and St. Laurent Class destroyers were designed to provide incapacitating naval support fire for land forces. Since then the Navy has shifted to more discrete small caliber rapid fire turrets as found onboard the new Halifax Class frigates (CPF) and Iroquois Class destroyers (DDH) of the latter 20-30 years.