Recent content by Oldgateboatdriver

But we also know that KSA finances all those wonderful Wahhabi Mosques in the West where they clearly teach (this is fully documented and with the full support and knowledge of the KSA leadership) that the "other" people of the Western nation in which they live "don't pay the jizya", don't...

I would think that drawing a journalist to one of your embassy on false pretense, hacking him to death and cutting him into pieces on order from the head of government constitutes state sponsored terrorism.

FTFY

Yes, but not so much propulsion that only a nuclear submarine can do it. Kevin seemed to intimate that only a nuclear boat has enough propulsive power to achieve that, which is not the case.

Sorry, Kevin, but there is no "propulsion ability" required. You raise through ice vertically, from a fully stopped position on buoyancy alone and from a single point of contact: the sail. Note that I said raise, not punch through the ice: you don't use momentum because it is not a collision...

Quite right, my bad. We just don't want a US/CF joint base.

We should push for NF(Norwegian Force)/CF Joint Base Hans Island. ;)

I believe it was to reflect the fact that they have expanded into testing and development of methods and tactics relating to new technologies that may later be deployed on ships as part of their standard equipment in the future, and not necessarily limited to their use. Thus they became partly a...

Well, DP, I must jokingly state here that if this how you see it, then about 75% of the officer's positions at NDHQ should be changed to civilian. But more seriously now. That's not how I read what Underway is saying. First, I gather that ALL NWO will first get qualified as OOD/OOW, then move...

Only bullies ask for ways to "punish" their opponent. Thoughtful people ask for ways to achieve their objective against their opponent (after, of course, having defined what that objective is).

That's overkill for the CDC. This is up there with the RCD as a destroyer for NATO high end ops.

What is long overdue? Replacing the two ferries they will replace? (That I agree fully) Or delivering them in 2028/29? The government is finalizing the contract now. 2026 to 28/29 for delivery is actually a tight schedule.

But he would probably be the only SigOp that can still do Morse code. :)

Colin: Davie is currently designing to build two ferries for the Federal government under the Shipbuilding Strategy.

So obviously the gut feeling of the president, who has f... all knowledge of the situation is a much better source of information.