Recent content by GR66

When you've been pestering your kid to get off their butt and clean their room and they finally do what you asked do you bitch at them about how they're making the bed? Yes, we've been laggards on defence spending for decades. Yes it took "a mouthy spokesperson" to finally get us to step up...

Another instance of Russian aircraft dangerously harassing NATO aircraft over the Black Sea https://defence-blog.com/russian-jets-nearly-collide-with-british-rc-135w-plane-over-black-sea/ Maybe we need to provide fighter escorts on these missions?

Upgrades underway in Latvia to support both our current deployed forces as well as facilitating reinforcement if necessary... https://defence-blog.com/canada-breaks-ground-on-70m-military-base-in-latvia/

Does anyone have a copy of the Org Chart referenced in the article?

I hope you're right, but I find it difficult to square that with growing the LAV fleet to 5,280 vehicles (if the rumour by Noah has any truth)

Barring a decision to switch from the LAV to a tracked IFV we won't have a Light/Medium/Heavy mix but rather a Light/Wheeled Medium+ mix. I don't necessarily think that is a terrible thing as it basically matches our new two Division structure with the LAV-equipped expeditionary Division...

To be fair to @Kirkhill while we may not be there yet, we may not be far off the point where AI can handle the actual "flying" of an aircraft and the controller will only need to give the basic direction on what they want the aircraft to achieve. The problem will be keeping a secure control...

Please tell me in what alternate universe it would make any sense for Cuba to launch a preemptive military attack against the United States. With all the rhetoric from the US about Cuba being "next" would it be possible for Cuba to seek to obtain drones to counter some type of US military...

I think @Kirkhill might actually have a point in thinking in terms of platoons and troops if you loosen your definition of what used to be primarily artillery functions like AD and TA. With the proliferation of UAVs I think it makes sense to have VSHORAD/C-UAS capabilities integral to all...

That would be very self-defeating for the US but given the other illogical decisions made by this Administration then nothing would shock me.

Opportunity for an ASW exercise as part of the bid assessment? Or would that be too rude for a friendly visit?

The obvious next step is mounting laser designators on the UAV and APKWS kits on the rockets.

There are a bunch of trade-offs that don't always result in a cheap solution. ATACMS is a ballistic missile which is more difficult to intercept by enemy AD than a cruise missile but the trade-off is that the guidance systems are more complex. A cruise missile can be cheaper but it is easier...

Make whatever rules you want but nations under existential threat will do what they need to do to survive. There are some that are declaring that unmanned systems are the big revolution in warfare but I think it's actually AI. Those FPV drones and loitering munitions in Ukraine are still...

So an ATACMS for 1% the cost?