Recent content by Kirkhill

Cruise missile developments. https://interestingengineering.com/military/agm-181a-lrso-explained https://militarnyi.com/en/news/anduril-manufacture-7000-barracuda-in-2027/

Other end of the Air Defence spectrum - Domestic CUAS Lewis-McChord with a JIATF approved Anduril syste. https://defence-blog.com/a-key-west-coast-base-gets-new-drone-defense-systems/?amp "Three pieces of hardware went into the ground at JBLM during this initial build phase, each handling a...

30x F35A. https://simpleflying.com/canada-quietely-fund-14-more-f-35s-publicly-debating-whether-cancel-order/

https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/4541446/uss-mount-whitney-first-us-warship-to-operate-link-22-in-the-baltic/

Vard's autonomous pitch https://canadiandefencereview.com/autonomy-by-design-vard-marine-uncrewed-systems/

Effectively Canada is writing something novel for Canada: a National Defence plan.

I found this article on the A-OTHR project today. It has some interesting tidbits in it. But I couldn't find any place to post it. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/03/australia-canada-announce-4b-over-horizon-radar-agreement/ In this sense I concur with YTZ on the readiness of this site to...

Interesting phraseology here Prevent defeat vs deliver victory. Britain excelled because it had no need to deliver victory. It sufficed to prevent defeat.

De facto not De jure

2x SM-2s on a trailer https://en.defence-ua.com/news/australia_reveals_lockheed_martin_derringer_new_towed_sm_2_sam_system_with_160km_range_born_from_fear_of_russian_tu_95ms_in_indonesia-19116.html

5 new MUSVs from HII https://interestingengineering.com/military/largest-us-military-shipbuilder-expands-production

Got to thinking.... Question for every Prime Ministerial candidate: How are you, personally, as Prime Minister and de facto Commander in Chief, going to fight the next war?

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-says-it-eliminated-14-more-russian-shadow-fleet-vessels-overnight/ And the hits just keep on coming.

Not a self inflicted wound. Everybody eventually seeks to stand on their own feet. They leave home and make their own decisions. Mum and Dad are left in the rear view mirror.

I think the Russians are doing an excellent job of illustrating your point. They can neither repair nor replace losses fast enough, on the field or in the factory. It is easier to destroy than build. The video with Mike Rowe made a similar point. Shortages of welders for ships in the realm...