Recent content by Rainbow1910

The problem isn't the fact that the stock was a laminated wooden type, it was that the stock's overall quality was poor, they were not properly sealed and thus fell apart upon use. The stocks in testing apparently faired very well and passed, but there was a drastic drop in quality control...

Relevant to the River class, apparently the Dutch have sent the frigate Evertsen to Cyprus with its brand new OTO 127/64 LW inoperable. Some relevant statements from Noah, apparently the Germans and Dutch have both been facing integration issues of the Italian system. It's not entirely...

This sort of thing is at odds with other politically driven government policy around firearms ownership by the populace in Canada, incredibly unlikely at this point.

I fail to see how this would be effectively different from what Saab is offering Canada at the end of the day, as we would need a similar sort of technology and expertise transfer to undertake this sort of work. Embraer is not some backwater operation, they are a substantial aerospace firm who...

It's been well known for quite sometime that the Hunter class is actively paying for such a sizable mast/array alongside its 32 VLS cells by basically eating the entire weight margins for the design, leaving effectively nothing left for future additions. There has also been concerns regarding...

Hence why much to Minister Joly’s dismay, automotive factories were not ultimately part of the CPSP bids.

The Koreans want to sell defence products however like many other nations, they are careful not to undermine their own defensive capabilites at home. They have spent a substantial amount of effort, time and money to create a submarine VLS alongside weapon systems to utilize inside it, even...

For reasons I've said below, I would very much bet that the RCN would accept the KSS-III with empty VLS compared to operating Hyunmoo 4-4 missiles even in small numbers. Hyunmoo 4-4 does not seem like a very good fit for any possible Canadian uses, given that these weapons are designed to act...

Putting aside all of the countless problems with the RCN operating SSN’s, the Australians are already in a bad place as far as the US produced submarines they are waiting for. If you think the TKMS delivery timeline is bad, the US SSN delivery is like double or triple that.

Interesting French article Le Devoir interviewing Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet regarding the F-35, take the translation with a bit of salt though. https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/961167/aviation-royale-canadienne-ne-veut-pas-flotte-mixte-avions-chasse

Stephen Fuhr reiterates that despite rumours, the federal govt is not going to be doing a split fleet. It is increasingly sounding like there might be a semi-rogue party somewhere high in govt continually pushing to split up every contract.

I think I must sound like a broken record at this point but Saab attempting to woo Canada of all partners to join up with it to develop 6th generation fighters and next generation drones should put on full display how desperate they truly are. Truly a situation of the blind leading the blind...

I agree that having redundancy is good on paper however similar to our shipbuilding strategy, we have to be careful about creating too many mouths that we cannot feed in the medium to long term. If Hanwha goes through all of the trouble in setting up a facility for say K9 but loses the IFV...

CEO of TKMS coming onto CBC to give an interview which I feel did not go especially well. Going into an interview with a major Canadian media organization in 2026 and being entirely unwilling to give even a preliminary jobs figure tied to your bid does not reflect well on TKMS. It doesn't take...

I don't think it is an especially wise or financially prudent idea to look at a 6th generation fighter for the RCAF anytime soon, particularly if we do infact get a full F-35 order. That kind of fleet will be relevant and very capable for many decades, which is going to be required for all of...