Recent content by GR66

Hmmm....it's almost like the markets don't like uncertaintly... from CNN: Dow tumbles more than 1,000 points and dollar hits three-year low as Trump continues to bash Fed Chair Powell

When I talk about sustainment I don't mean peacetime force generation. I mean sustaining the unit if it actually has to fight (which should always be part of the calculation as far as I'm concerned). I'm talking combat losses, rotation of units, etc. It's fine to say we deployed a Division...

With regard to numbers of troops and where they are committed you need to also consider sustainment of those commitments. 6,000 troops deployed to Europe as the deterrent force filled out by an additional 4,350 flyover troops to fill out the Canadian portion of the Division gives you a total...

Did you forget what military you're talking about??? The CA...not your Grandfather's army...just his equipment!

I don't think that the US would complain about one of their major defence contractors (Raytheon) getting billions of dollars of new work and someone else paying for munitions that the US/NATO might need in a conflict. And likely the most important part is that you're expanding the high-tech...

Do you have any other reference to the 400 x LAV III's? The only thing I can find is that Unifor is lobbying the Government to commit to 400 x LAVs over 10 years as a minimum requirement to keep the doors open. No mention of an actual order or specific details on what type of LAV...

I certainly wouldn't be unhappy with this choice https://defence-blog.com/south-korea-pitches-k9-howitzer-to-canada/

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It's pretty presumptuous of you guys to claim that there's intelligent life on Earth.

Heck, their barely in the Telecom business any more. MLSE, the Jays and their content are definitely more of a priority for them

Why then can't I get half decent cell phone reception in my back yard???

It's not like Raytheon doesn't already produce missiles outside the US. According to ChatGPT: Also, when I say "production" it's not like any of these missiles are actually built in a single facility. Just like automobiles, the various components are produced at a variety of locations both...

Carrying over a thought from the Indirect Fires Modernization thread about onshoring key munitions production to Canada and building up safe production facilities and stockpiles for use by both ourselves and our NATO allies in a conflict. Essentially taking some pressure off the US as the...

I imagine it's the RQ-2 Pioneer that @KevinB is referring to in GW1, not the MQ-1 Predator.