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As has also been pointed out- the jobs are contingent on our order, but not likely not solely driven by producing our order From the article

I guess what I'm saying/asking is - is it the bare minimum of world class destroyers or was it the bare minimum of combatants for which said destroyer design was chosen for a consistent fleet for peacetime sustainment/ logistical/efficiency reasons Did they cut net surface capability? Or will...

Your numbers have no MCDV replacement/ CDC placeholder correct?

@YZT580 - I think there's some confusion- I use "evangelical Leftist" in place of "woke". The opposite side of the coin to fundamentalist christians, Islamists etc. If you feeling I'm trolling I apologize. What I'm trying to do is point out that having to tolerate others beliefs and not...

In addition to Rainbow's insight on overall quality, I'll add the the Mogami's 32 VLS are only Self-Defence (or at best Tactical) length. A whole pisspot full of ESSM plus maybe ASROC capability, but no Tomahawks, no SM-2/3/6. Are the resulting benefits of scale and consistency genuinely best...

Yes. Considering isn't doing - and unnecessarily anchoring on decisions made under a fundamentally different problem set: different threat environment, different constraints, different timeline requirements, different solution options- is objectively bad strategic planning and leadership, a...

You weren't allowed to teach them evolution at home? At church? At Sunday School? They've been banned from learning it and believing it? Ranges from exasperating an exasperating call for the accommodation of the beliefs of others at one end of the spectrum, to Evangelical Leftists trying to...

But between those two fleets and the TG tasking, 15 should yield 5 at a given time yes? Did it make the Aussies unserious when they cut three future Hunters as part of a Pivot to get 11 frigates? Should they be cancelling it all and getting on with UBI? Obviously figuring out the path to 15...

"Act our size" =/= go it alone

I explicitly did include Evangelical Leftists. But please give a specific example - a core spiritual belief and/or fundamental aspect of your morality that you're being forced to drop. Keep in mind, neither of those is the same as being told you don't get to impose specific aspects of your...

Accepting the realities of the latter, the former seems like a cop out of a long term solution for a G7 nation with our coastline. I get that we haven't had the Aussie's budget and are starting way behind- but with the money flowing we should be making every effort to eventually act our size...

Could one argue that this speaks to having fewer Rivers and more CDCs/ Frigates? A task group of 3-4 Rivers seems like a lot of C2 / sensor / tonnage /$$ /crewing overkill for the actual combat power and number of targets it represents.

A doesn't require B at 100%. Maybe 20% or 30% - a foundation of compatible values- while rejecting the incompatible. I think we were largely there in the late 00's early 10's. At least my lived experience was. Tolerance of differing theory/ spirituality is easy - it only comes up when you...

What a shitty timeline where it being all posturing with this + manufacturing a friction point to justify pulling US troops from Europe is one of the more favourable scenarios

Holy fuck are you deep down the rabbit hole. The fact we're even having this discussion justifies the opinion of the entire Western world that isn't in the cult. The height of "leftist fanciful hopes" is not the US invading a NATO member and shattering not only the alliance but the world as...