Recent content by NavyShooter

Question - does anyone know what the hull numbers are going to be for the Rivers? I've been scouring images to figure it out, but no luck. Any ideas? NS

And I've done up a new display stand that just barely fits on my print bed.

The blue hull and the boot topping make a big difference in looks!

What they're really doing is they're strangling the manufacturers and dealers. That's the thing which will, in the end, kill the sport.

My Type 26 is progressing well. Needs more sanding, more painting, more sanding...but she's getting there. I've got a V2 of the print files heading to the printer as I've had a request for one in the CO's office down in Dockyard. We'll see if she can make people jealous!

I suggest that as Canadians, we should simply look back in history and bring back a form of Project Habakkuk. No foamies here.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk Persistent presence enabled....

Admittedly, I did ask a rep from the Class Desk a few years ago about rebuilding some of the Halifax Class from the keel up using the original blueprints....kind of like the LAV6 upgrade - take the data plate and build a 'replacement' ship around it. He indicated that the current specs would...

The first level of the force continuum is a visible armed presence. The Halifax Class self-divesting as they age out is likely going to reduce our ability to provide a visible armed presence. The AOPS is most definitely not a visible armed presence. Getting some gray ships with guns and...

Time to dust off the OHP design, tidy it up a bit, swap the swing-arm launcher for a VLS and have a go at fresh production lines?

No, I think the solution is to restore a Maritime Air Component Cell from 1 CAD back in Halifax - with both experts in fixed wing and rotary present. A small group..?..who can walk into the Maritime Warfare Center and explain to the NWOs what their aviation support can do, and how it's supposed...

Form follows function....

I live right on a lake...a much greater likelihood of boating accidents up my way....I sold the big boat (18' jet) and am down to the sailboat and canoe...both of which are much more...tippy...

This was the key bit from all of the background chatter. The sensor fusion aspect that feeds a pilot a (more) complete picture rather than the pilot having to assemble the picture themselves freeing the mental capacity...that's a game changer and I suspect lets the pilot shift their focus from...

Max, Some very good points to ponder. Related question - with the F-35's mission awareness/situational awareness/data sharing/sensor fusion aspects, will that make the fighting part of flying easier for the pilots? And, I suspect you're understating how easy it is to fly a fighter...I...

That RPG would have taken out his helicopter with the backblast....but....it's a kid's book, so that's acceptable to ignore.