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  1. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    I bet someone over here makes one for the M203 pretty quickly. And the various under barrel 12ga creations that were never adopted over the years will probably be re-examined. We are SO far behind in tactical drone TTP's and equipment. And our defense industry/military procurement is glacial at...
  2. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    This will stir the pot a bit
  3. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    If you can't defeat your enemy by fighting war their way, redefine War. We need to wake up and stop fighting the last war as we already have War being waged upon us. Didn't Sun Tzu and von Clausewitz teach us anything?
  4. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    My misunderstanding. I thought they were referring to ground incursions
  5. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    I am not sure where the proof is that Ukraine has been attacking across the border into Russia for over a year. Unless you consider the occupied territories of Ukraine as Russia or the Russian rebels as Ukrainian.
  6. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    This is very weird to me. NATO and the EU can't put uniformed military members into a country that is an ally (and technically is not at "war" with Russia)? They are letting Russia decide where they can send their military??? This "escalation management" strategy (and telling Russia what they...
  7. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    But is in danger of being flattened by drones, missies, arty and FAB glide bombs without air defense and 155/152
  8. Skysix

    2023 Canadian Armed Forces General and Flag Officer senior promotions and appointments

    It is nice to see how meritorious CDS appointments are 🤣🤣
  9. Skysix

    The Arctic

    Once again, Perun nails it
  10. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    Not sure if an M1A1 has Chobham armour though....
  11. Skysix

    CH-146 Griffon

    Physical (size and structural mounts) hydraulic electrical power support requirements, cost. Would be cheaper to design and build a new suite than to try to modify and STC an existing one to a different platform
  12. Skysix

    CH-146 Griffon

    The HH60M would be better for SAR, that is pretty much its design mission and Canada doesn't have enough C130 refuelling capable tankers to scatter around the SAR bases to make a MH variant with a refuelling probe worthwhile. And no navy to speak of so the naval versions would be overkill for...
  13. Skysix

    CH-146 Griffon

    Op Corporate, they flew a Chinook off the Hermes and Invincible after the Atlantic Conveyor (and the other 9 Chinooks) was sunk. I have been told the CH-47 is a hot rod of a helicopter, but the The CH-46's (Sea Knight / Labrador) were sure adept at the VertRep role however...
  14. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    Good description of Russian tactical objectives for this month (5:45-8:40) Discussion of Ukrainian MSR vulnerabilities and source for above. (27:35-45:00) NATO will either send support elements on the ground in the west and Moldova etc to free up Ukrainians for the front, start enforcing a...
  15. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    It seems the French JDAM glide bomb equivalents have managed to solve the EW problem The UK has authorised the use of the weapons they have provided within Russia proper, it is likely the French will be doing the same soon. The US administration still seems under the sway of Jake...
  16. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    Which begs the question of who dropped the ball. Since so much of The US precision capability is dependant on GPS. I wonder if thought was given to using the Chinese or Russian GPS frequencies in parallel as they are unlikely to jam their own. Or more work on AI enabled upgraded inertial...
  17. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    It allowed them to post conscripts there. Conscripts can only be used inside Russia and only in non combat support roles. "Officially" (- your mileage may vary). And once there local commanders try to haze/force/bribe them into taking contracts (so now are combat legal) but often the military...
  18. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    It allowed them to post conscripts there. Conscripts can only be used inside Russia and only in non combat support roles. "Officially" (Your mileage may vary) And once there local commanders try to haze/force/bribe them into taking contracts (so now are combat legal) but often the military...
  19. Skysix

    The War in Ukraine

    Yup. And surviving wounded have an even worse uphill battle than agent orange/burn pit/TBI vets do with the VA or VAC as they need a corroborating statement to be officially and legally filed by a supervising NCO or Officer (or multiple corroborating statements from witnesses) that verify the...
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