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Yokosuka in Japan is home to the US 7th Fleet as well as the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine command. It's closer to North Korea and Taiwan (and Canada) than Singapore. It's somewhat protected being on the East coast of Japan (rather than facing China/North Korea) and also...

Curious to know what the Navy folks on here think. Do we need 4 x JSS or would 2 x JSS and 2 x more conventional oilers be enough?

Trump may be angling for the EU to become the 52nd State after he's done with Canada... Trump claims leaders call him ‘The President of Europe’

Something similar to this Chinese AD system would be a good element of a layered air defence system. A gun combined with a large number of modular missile launchers that can be configured with a range of missile types (cheap anti-quadcopter to more expensive anti-cruise missile types) based on...

It's been announced that Canada is removing counter-tariffs on some US goods (those that are compliant with CUSMA) and a goodwill gesture to try and move the trade talks forward. Auto, steel and aluminum tariffs will remain...

It's also a bit too long at 117m. According to Noah's substack article about an interview with Vice-Admiral Topshee there is a requirement for the length to be in the 104m (+/- a couple of meters) in order to use existing berth space: Now, with the more recent commitments to increase...

A part of me hopes he's right and that the aliens will take pity on us and save us from ourselves.

Plus a large, slow moving UAV like that is a hell of a lot easier to shoot down than an artillery shell.

Maybe we could hire Wagner?

Meet half way? French MO-120 RT towed, rifled 120mm mortar (Wikipedia link) A proven system used by dozens of countries. Vehicle agnostic. Sometimes simple and reliable is a plus but keep in mind the USMC dropped their version in favour of more precision munitions for better range and...

Posted with the usual caveats about the reliability of AI in answering questions, I asked ChatGPT the following: "list the main challenges and disadvantages of designing a main battle tank with the engine in the front of the vehicle" and here's the response that was generated: