Recent content by quadrapiper

Thank you; interesting to see the comparison. Was wondering not only from a purely ship/rescue needs perspective, but also looking at @Oldgateboatdriver 's comment re: how the CDC will likely spend its time - would extra boats be useful enough to be worth carrying, and if so, what kind on top...

Speaking of boats, what should the CDC be carrying/have the bay or cradle space for, especially if there's no embarked helicopter?

The British allotment system could do with importing here, with both permanent plots and some sort of "okay, you want to sit on that brownfield for 25 years, let it be used for allotment gardens for that period and get a tax break" scheme. In hard urban areas, less concrete around new/renewed...

Sitting back with two oceans* and two okay-to-fantastic neighbours** between you and any hostilities and being the for-profit Arsenal of Freedom for NATO seems much more consistent with the stated Fortress America stuff than whatever the current FLAILEX thinks it's doing. * Yes, Alaska, but...

On the deterrent front, seems a shame that we don't (apparently) have war (reserve?) stock that can be, should the neighbours come over the border, gleefully handed out to anyone willing to take a potshot at an invader, along with whatever minimum of uniforms (are armbands good enough?) are...

Saw some discussion on IIRC Bluesky that the Houthis had some sort of kludged optical/audio distributed tracking network. No idea on the BS factor, but could see something like that, assuming a working data network, being enough to give you a bearing.

Wonder if it would be worth it for Canada to get into defence partnerships with (or just buy from) the Turks. Their kit might be a little bit less bleeding-edge expensive than US (setting aside all the other current reasons to avoid our neighbours' kit) and is presumably being built with the...

Where (if at all) does sea time factor into that, as far as building instructor cadres etc., and is a CDC doing presence/training/whatever work a useful platform for that sea time?

The Daily Caller/Maine Wire's framing of salmon as a luxury item seems odd, unless it's some sort of East Coast culinary weirdness. Not exactly a regular diner at CAF steamlines, but seem to remember seeing salmon on a moderately regular basis.

One other note re: age of completion... 16-18 is when cadets are getting the bulk of their experience in leadership/staff/instructional roles. 12-15 is spent specifically under training, developing into leadership roles starting around 14. Both of these phases have value, and regardless of the...

Even without that, why would your hypothetical invader be sticking their nose in there? "We have seized the key to Canada! Our forces hold Bella Coola! We are on the threshold of 450 kilometres of bad highway, bound for the strategic keystone and major metropolis Williams Lake!" Some sort of...

Absolutely. Plus a generous helping of constrained passages, tidal races, etc. Off the top of my head, can't bring to mind another bit of coast as deeply riddled with passages/channels/etc.

Come on, we need something bespoke to Tactically™ slink about/go fer a rip in this neighbourhood:

Belarus, or Lukashenko specifically, doing a dance for an audience of one? Can't imagine there's too much Belarusian enthusiasm, especially below "Cabinet" level, for getting stuck in on behalf of Moscow. Edit: odds on a coup?

Wonder how much of the freaking out is Musk worried that BYD et al will beat out Tesla.