Recent content by GR66

Never underestimate the ability of a Canadian government to do the completely wrong thing my friend! 😉 My Collins post was obviously completely in jest, but I’d be lying if a tiny little part of me didn’t think it could be true.

I see both Ukraine and Russia striking each other a lot over the last four years and tons of strikes against Iran this year, but I don't see much ground being taken. Precision strike definitely has an important role but it won't win a war and it won't take or hold ground.

Certainly suggests areas we should be looking at.

Nine key capabilities that Ukraine needs... https://defence-blog.com/ukraines-top-defense-adviser-lists-nine-critical-gaps-in-the-countrys-military-tech/ TLDR: A serial, mass-produced solution against Russian glide bombs EW systems that can counter Russian MESH modems City-level drone defence...

OMG do you mean to tell me that the World has changed since the Trump presidency????

The round table discussions appear to be talking about the JRTC rotation as a whole. It's still not clear to me that there were active counters against this particular Company-level breaching exercise. There is no mention of any counters of any type at all in the article that describes the...

We all know it's more politics than anything else with this (and all) administrations.

To be fair Hoekstra didn't really change the US's position with the two statements: This would be the case if Canada went with the Gripen INSTEAD of the F-35 His latest comment was in the context of Canada having a MIXED fleet. So, he still expresses concern with the non-F-35 portion being of...

I'd be very interested to know what active counters were used against this robotic attacking force. There is no mention of C-UAS systems being used, of the ground robots taking fire, of enemy forces covering the breach, of pre-registered artillery fire covering the breach, etc. It actually...

It's not like you can just stroll down Downing Street And while the White House grounds are pretty expansive compared to 24 Sussex (and obviously much more heavily defended) they have had their share of security issues there as well. I'm sure that the Secret Service would be much happier if...

Or say a Canadian-led Multi-National Brigade in Latvia that has to defend a territory that is roughly 200km from the border to the sea?

If I'm not mistaken there have been concerns raised about security at the site due to the relatively small lot size (minimal stand-off from threats), being on a busy public roadway, proximity to Rideau Hall (allowing both the Head of State and Head of Government to be targeted in a single...

Agreed, but when is the last time Canada deployed a HUSAR team to an overseas disaster? Does that even fall within the CONOPS of our CAN-TF HUSAR teams?

2 July, 6 x Collins-Class (AUS)

On the other side of the strike equation, Ukrainian defenders are having difficulty taking down Russia's newer, jet powered drones. https://defence-blog.com/ukraines-drone-hunters-cant-keep-up-with-russias-fastest-drones/ Added to the technical issues are problems of coordination: And weather...