Recent content by PHughes

Not so sure Carney is transactional enough to abandon his hardcore climate crisis/hysteria beliefs to support an oil pipeline to the west coast. Although it would be fun watching Eby lube up and pretzel himself into axcepting one. The middle ground might be to revive the old railway proposal...

Simply pointing out the known design and capabilities of the two boats in comparison to the known very high level RCN SoR is being realistic. Not jumping on the “bigger boat is better” bandwagon is being realistic. We have so little actual factual information to work with, the boat’s specs...

The same amount HO is

Good one 😂😂😂

any data to support this statement?

Bigger boat needs more power to move around, if a smaller boat meets the mission spec, the extra boat mass is just aburden

Why?

Sikorsky did make claims And then the RCAF and the RCN wnet down the Engineering Chance Request rabbit hole and the schedule went sideways. That whole Fly By Wire upgrade was a fiasco

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In an era of staggering deficits and huge demands on DND’s budget, paying for a technology/weapons system that we might use in X years down the road would be difficult decision to justify

Both the KSS III and the 212CD are currently in production . Both firms have publicly stated they can meet the RCNs delivery schedule

Very good article. Looks like it will come down to what mission the RCN is prioritizing . . . A ++stealthy dedicated Hunter Killer boat for the ASW mission or a hybrid Boomer/Hunter Killer that provides exceptional land attack power projection. His article makes multiple references to the KSS...

The public version of the mission endurance requirement is a transit distance of 3500NM to the assigned patrol area, then a submerged, zero discretion patrol time of 21 days and then a return transit of 3500NM. Which translates into a total mission duration of about 60-65 days Both boats can...

Up front, I have no backfground in ASW, but this recent RCN submarine RFI situation is making it a topic of interest. Just a very preliminary search and a topic that comes up a lot is the impact of stealth on submarine design and the combination of AI and UUV in submarine hunting Any...

Might end up being a different ending these days