Recent content by Kirkhill

I'm just thinking that firing a ramjet, an aircraft with its own gudance and propulsion, is going to eat up lands when the lands are going to add anything to the ramjet operatuons. Apparently the muzzle velocity of an L39 155 is about 827 m/s or someplace close to Mach 2.5. That is pretty much...

The question I have with the Ramjet is: Which is the most cost effective means of getting the round up to the velocity at which the Ramjet kicks in? I see two options - The 155 mm howitzer and a propelling charge A launcher (tube or rail) and a booster rocket. Personally my money is on the...

I am not proposing getting rid of existing inventory. I am proposing adding new items to the inventory to increase the options available to troops on the ground. If the troops on the ground still find a place for M777s then maintain and replace the M777s. If they are looking for SPHs then...

You are envisioning leaps. I am envisioning steps. Always keeping one foot on the ground. I don't talk about eliminating what is. I talk about procuring what isn't.

Best analogy that occurs to me is skeet shooting. Somebody has to make the guns and shot. Somebody has to make the skeets.

Further to ... https://www.army.mil/article/275666/autonomous_multi_domain_launcher_meets_another_program_milestone What is the Palletized Field Artillery Launcher? https://www.stratvocate.com/files/2021/RDTE_BA_5A_FY_2021_R_Army-p487/RDTE_BA_5A_FY_2021_R_Army.html PFAL puts the MRLS...

The fewer gunners the more guns and the more missiles. As to the 24/7 issue - the less the gunners and their supporters have to do the more effective they can be with the numbers available. Chinese Western (Icelandic) ... Western solution requires a lot fewer bodies, equals a lot fewer...

One other thought - Further to your point 4 - Should it be an RCAF led capability focused on JTF-N? 6 CCSB Assets 6 Canadian Combat Support Brigade - Canada.ca Intelligence Influence Activities Electronic Warfare GBAD Engineering Support MDTF Assets - Multi-Domain Task Forces: A Glimpse...

And on the marine front https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/navy-to-host-industry-for-talks-about-future-unmanned-surface-vessel-program/ Deck load of 80 tons (short). Two forty foot containers. That could be two Mk70 PDS launchers or it could be two sea-cans of navy beans. The model -...

Taking the autonomous vehicle discussion here. The simplest application appears to be "Follow the Leader" It is interesting that the Aussie referenced the Road Train. Aussie road trains. This is not tomorrow. This is today.

I think, if you end up buying MOTS from the US, you are likely to find an autonomous operations component on board. https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/global-force-symposium/2024/03/27/army-artillery-needs-more-range-mobility-and-autonomy-study-finds/

Stipulated. I merely suggest that most people, when they hear Pacific think Asia when talking trade. Those California refineries could be getting their oil overland through pipelines but buying half-full tankers* from Vancouver seems to be at least cost-competitive. That suggests that the...

A significant piece of the puzzle is meeting military demands domestically. Enter Turkey(Turkiye).

The Ukrainians are building their own low cost cruise missile substitutes, apparently with some indigenously developed novel navigation systems. They are moving up in the world from converted Cessnas and small numbers of local Neptunes to making millions of UAVs locally. Some of those UAVs are...

I congratulate the First Nations. They are about 4% of the population. They secured the support of about half of the rest of the population to secure seats at the table on environmental grounds. Having secured those seats they are now shifting to economic opportunities, abandoning some of...