Recent content by Kirkhill

The changing Arctic https://phys.org/news/2026-02-satellite-boreal-forests-shifted-north.html I am going to guess that also means more muskeg.

Ah what the hell. I can't take it with me. The taxman might as well give it to DND.

I suppose you could have one battlegroup at Wainwright and another at Shilo. One exercise assaulting a trenchline backed by "off-board" assets at the other site while the other site practices supporting the defence remotely while trying to defend itself against incoming missiles and drones and...

In keeping with this, moving this discussion to this thread

Apparently it is being done. Thanks @daftandbarmy

It would be interesting to look at how a Ukrainian style defending company would fare in those areas and what sort of force it would take to overwhelm them. This assumes tank traps, tanglefoot, trenches and bunkers, dragon's teeth, drones and lots of long range artillery. And how do you bring...

What bases can support a no man's land 10 to 20 km wide?

https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/5700-years-without-recharging-this-diamond-nuclear-battery-defies-everything-we-thought-we-knew_24829/ Star Trek gets closer.

How many hands does it take to count the number of TLAMs and JASSMs we have in stock, not to mention the F35s or the pylons and BRUs to attach Harpoons to our Auroras? Even the Yanks are counting their units with care because they can't build them as fast as Ukraine is using them. We will need...

The unit currently known as the Calgary Highlanders is the 103rd Infantry Regiment, raised in Calgary in 1910 as a 2 battalion regiment. The 1st Battalion was fully authorised to 8 companies of citizen volunteers The 2nd Battalion was a skeleton cadre to feed the 1st Battalion through Mewata...

We do spend millions of dollars to become lifeguards. I did a quick pass to try and determine how many Canadians were in uniform serving the public, including EMS, Firefighters, Peace Officers, LEOs, PSCs and volunteers galore. I gave up. My best estimate is well over 1,000,000 perhaps...

The German army brigade in Lithuania is not under fire, but it is under hybrid attack. Soldiers report mysterious phone calls, and drones appear to be spying on manoeuvres. How should the Bundeswehr and NATO respond...

US not happy integrating AIM-120 on FA-50 for Poland. Maybe Malaysia? https://en.defence-ua.com/news/after_us_vetoed_polands_aim_120s_kai_still_promises_them_to_malaysia_for_fa_50_fleet-17419.html

Converting a target UAV, originally designed as a low-cost asset, into a long-range strike weapon is a highly pragmatic approach https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/taiwan_draws_on_ukraines_experience_to_turn_the_mqm_178_firejet_target_drone_into_a_cruise_missile-17426.html Taipei looked...

More power... https://globalnews.ca/news/11657048/canada-power-grid-under-pressure-rising-demand-watchdog-warns/