Recent content by Colin Parkinson

Life in a sub

No truck in the CAF should be more than 15 years old.

China busy in the Arctic https://gcaptain.com/china-sends-four-polar-research-vessels-into-arctic-as-u-s-scrutiny-grows/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-3212097b54-139922301&mc_cid=3212097b54&mc_eid=c9f44d7f09

I think the north Atlantic is going to play havoc with many of these drone system. I want to see how they maintain a persistent presence and respond to a SAR call.

1 more hour to go the official announcement

Still it forced the opposition to commit forces and most of their resources to contest our presence, I suspect it was much harder on them than we will ever know. Their real advantage is neither gave a crap about the people or their own foot soldiers.

They are buying a video game company?

If TKMS wins, I see us getting 6 boats and a future government saying: "Good enough" and the timelines for those 6 will be long enough that people will have forgotten the intial ask and justification. Plus the people involved will have retired/moved on. A little piece of my heart is still...

Carney saw my date pick and said: I am going to screw that gun loving conservative and change my announcement to another dare, effing Liberals! ;)

And put them somewhere "safe" where you can't find them when your pin Shears and you end up using a nail.

I have seen some poor bridge setups in my time, often a afterthought it seems for such a vital area. https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2026/06/29/when-technology-takes-the-night-watch-why-future-ship-bridges-must-be-designed-for-people/

KSA has done this around the world, looking at my wife's family photo album, few people in Malaysia wore Hijabs in the 60-70's and women wore bright traditional clothing instead. What we are seeing today is the result of pushing the Whabbist version of islam unto the Sunni world by KSA in the...

If we get the KSS, we are firing you out of the VLS as a celebratory test :)

I can see the UK reforming coastal arty using mobile anti-ship missiles, fixed torpedo launchers and marine surface and sub surface drones. Torpedos can have a 50km range, which means one battery can seal the channel and with the launchers built underwater, it would be hard to take out. Plus you...

I think most western nations not under current bombardment would struggle with that list as well.