Recent content by Nvlgzr

I agree with your sentiment. As long as Trump remains belligerent, the push to scale up our forces will remain. Hopefully the next president will be just as forceful in pushing the buildup of NATO members contributions. Not sure what you meant by “happy ending”.

We will never know the actual costs for Irving as they are not a publicly traded company and therefore have no obligation to publish their profit / loss statements. By the same token, the governments have not been very forthcoming on payments to Irving.

My point is that most bloggers here expect 12 subs to be a given. The government has not promised 12. 12 is what they are aiming for but in 10 years when a handful are delivered; expect the mood and budget to change. Remember back in Mulroney’s day we were expecting nuc subs and 18 city class...

Just to remind everyone, the government has said up to 12 subs. Government’s policies change according to which way the wind is blowing. Expect 8 or 9 subs. If we order from SK expect from 2032 on 1 per year. That takes us to 2040 for 9. I doubt that come the mid to late 2030’s that the...

Or maybe an improved Collins as an interim so that work force can come up to speed if Aukus ever materializes.

It’s not TACO Tuesday yet.

But did you ever stay at a Holiday Inn Express? I did. Therefore automatic Phd. The closest i got to naval architecture was spending about 2 days on the design of a bridge trainer for the navy.

Unless a billionaire donor to Trump has a financial interest.

Tomorrow CCGS Jean Goodwill will be flying the Maple Leaf in Nuuk.

It doesn’t start and you have to take the air filter off to spray some flammable substance into the carb and hope not to get burned . Kinda like spraying bbq lighter fluid onto hot coals.

Sphincter

Firefighting makes the most sense especially given that the western provinces don’t have enough capacity and Viking/deHavilland are years away from deliveries of additional aircraft.

I had the same thoughts. To me it doesn’t make sense especially in light of Newdock in St. John’s improvements.

FIFY Topshee said he needs a minimum of 20 surface combatants. I’m sure the politicians heard: “We only need 20 surface combatants “.

wow! What happened to Jewish space laser MTG. She’s actually talking sensible now that she’s out of Donnie’s sphere.