Recent content by Oldgateboatdriver

The US did not oppose Canada getting nuke boats. Otherwise, the UK, which uses US nuclear technology would have been unable to enter its own nuke boat in the competition. The Us did not enter As the US because at the time, its yard (Electric Boat division) producing nuke boat was running flat...

All the American analysts and assorted bookies were talking about the Dodgers just blowing out the Jays. Well, it took eight games (ah! ah!) and overtime in the seventh to make a winner. Take that alleged experts.

Quite right GKD. But it's COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language). But only old foggies like me remember. :giggle:

Germans haven't fought anyone since their last little disaster, nor have they really paid attention to who is fighting where. So what did you expect? P.S.: The Germans don't usually like it when Canadians are the ones they are fighting.

I don't think the Korean have ever forgotten, just like the Dutch still remember.

Pardon my ignorance (I am Navy!) but, does a "light battlegroup" includes MBT's, LAV's and 155 Howitzers with their ammo and parts?

Good ol' JPT. She is still around then! Toured her many years ago. Nice vessel.

They are about 20 years old. For merchant ships, and ferries in particular, it's not even mid-life yet. Look at this young spry who plies her route in B.C. and Washington state. She was "old" when I joined the Navy and is still going strong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Coho

That was exactly my point: They do jump out of C-17's. The C-17 is both a strategic and a tactical airlifter.

But they weren't paratroopers. Your view is no different than the Navy's view that every ship can be a minesweeper ... once.

The C-5M is a fantastic but uniquely American capability, and don't get me wrong, I love that bird. But it is a purely strategic transport. For a country like Canada, I'd much rather have a larger number of C-17, a plane that can do both strategic and tactical airlifting. Ever heard of...

Interesting article. I've heard many adjectives used to compare nuclear boats to classic propulsion boats, but "more nimble" has never been one of them.

Unfortunately, be it airlift or sealift capability, logistics in war is not sexy. It's very expensive to do it right and it's nearly invisible to the general population until it gets screwed up. Yet, peace time is when you have to invest in it on a basis of "as for war", so it is there when you...

That is a funky looking Global 6500, especially the nose.

It was I. And I still think it would be a good use of the Halifax's kit to move them over to the CDC.