Recent content by Kirkhill

This article, referenced within the one suggested, also deserves reading. The UGVs are ordered on the front line from suppliers that are given contracts this year to supply vehicles next year. The troops order the vehicles from the Brave1 marketplace "more than 200 companies in Ukraine...

The iron is hot. Time to strike. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/from-taboo-to-mandate-women-say-develop-our-resources-now

I miss him. I think he would have appreciated this article. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/michael-bonner-without-faith-in-god-liberalism-faces-an-existential-crisis "Liberal democracy is in danger. The assertion is often repeated, but the nature of the danger seems to vary. " ... The...

Plus this? https://www.powermag.com/tag/floating-nuclear/ An SMR powered AMB? Then all your stored liquids become exportable and you no longer have to worry about refuelling. And if this is in fact a relocatable warehouse / Service Canada government building that can over-winter in the ice...

Thanks.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/12/canada-acquiring-remotely-piloted-aircraft-systems-for-the-canadian-armed-forces.html I thought the game plan was to base our RPAS MQ-9s at Greenwood and Comox and launch them in the arctic from the Northern FOBs/FOLs but fly...

I think you would continue a pre-existing trend towards fewer sailors. It is harder to attract sailors now than it used to be. Even at the turn of the last century the Royal Navy was reverting to Laskars from Baluchistan to keep their boilers fed with coal. They couldn't find enough Brits...

"BMT, described MODUS as “a family of uncrewed vessels” rather than a single platform, spanning designs from around 20 metres up to 70–80 metres,..." "...structural pressures facing Western navies. “As equipment gets more and more complex, but budgets remain broadly the same… we have a limited...

Israel’s new AI-powered artillery makes combat debut in Lebanon Ro’em system signals shift toward faster, semi-autonomous battlefield firepower. CTech 14:30, 17.04.26 Israel’s military has taken a step toward a more automated battlefield, deploying a new artillery system that uses artificial...

A suitable level of risk management would be to be able to detect the landing. Send eyeballs to confirm the landing and targeting data. Send rounds to eliminate the landing force. Does anybody need to leave their seat in Ottawa if they are supplied with the appropriate UAVs and Long Range...

Just double checked The county Lords Lieutenant were authorised to raise their county militias within their borders by the post Cromwell Militia Act of 1662. The Restoration era. They retained that authority until 1871 when they lost miltary control of the militia with the Cardswell reforms...

I just love that word fair. So many billable hours.😁

Further to... The Household Division is the King's Personal Army. Every other county lord had his own army so the king was allowed one. The Royal Marines fall under the RN's warrant. The Royal Artillery has its own warrant along with the Royal Engineers, both elements of the Ordnance. Not...

The Brits have been saying lots of things that haven't happened. They are primarily waiting on the government to decide on a defence investment plan for the next decade. I believe it is about 1 year late and 28 BUKP short.

There are Iranians, and then there are Iranians. There might be some questions of control. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a746cfd45938b540 Apparently you can't run an economy without money.