Recent content by Half Full

Speaking from experience, on board HMCs OTTAWA the only sub we had difficulty when in finding was the Victoria class.  We went up against the Australians (easiest), South Koreans, Type 212s, LA, & Virginia(2nd hardest). Although older than some of the other classes, the crew training and even...

It is more than just a conversation between the PM, Butts, the Clerk and AG...let's call it what it is...an implied order...I learned the effects of these kind of orders that seem innocuous at first when I was XO Sea Training.  I remember sitting in the wardroom and just mentioning to the supply...

Here's an article on Chinese near monopoly on rare earth metals.  It would appear they are using their economic chessman-ship to screw the US militarily. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/11/china-beating-us-rare-earths-game/152674/?oref=d-dontmiss

Sorry, my initial search didn't receive any direct hits.  Can I delete this and re-post?

Not sure if this topic has been discussed elsewhere, but thought it could provoke some interesting dialogue.  Below is a link to a rather alarmist in nature article about the growing potential for a 2nd US Civil War and potential implications for Canada...

Not an American citizen...he was only a permanent resident.  He was a Saudi citizen.

I can second SeaKing Tacco's assessment of the Victoria class's capabilities!

https://www.skiesmag.com/press-releases/national-defence-and-veterans-affairs-canada-introduce-the-new-veterans-service-card/ Here is the official announcement.

Has anyone figured out exactly how the new Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction will be set up?  Does CBSA and RCMP leave Public Safety for this new Ministry?

Latest Policy paper from Dave Perry. https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cdfai/pages/3244/attachments/original/1517275897/Following_the_Funding_in_Strong_Secure_Engaged.pdf?1517275897 This paper hits the nail on the head with respect to the issues we are seeing/having in implementing SSE.

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if you can't access twitter...here is an article from NavalToday: https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/08/canadian-navys-first-aops-hmcs-harry-dewolf-takes-shape/

From the CBC article :http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/warship-design-delay-1.4277967 "Campbell said that the navy's requirements for the kinds of warships it wants and the systems that will go into them has not changed." This tells me  that the requirements haven't changed but that the...

Just to be clear, a comment can be an "OPERATION HONOUR" incident...

If you are talking about Cooperative Engagement Capability and the ability for the TG Commander to fire missiles from one of his ships at a target being identified from another, than no we do not have that capability within our ships.  We can definitely use another ship's targeting info and fire...