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My point was: the US Administration is sucking and blowing on NORAD integration, when half the USAF fighters can’t fully talk to the other half. There are legitimate objections to Grippens in Canadian service. NORAD integration is not one of them.

Hey, how is that MADL thing going on F22s, anyway?

We are playing with house money, right now.

Yes, they will. Both the TKMS and Hanwha boats.

Ah. So, more like big corporation is going to act like a big corporation… Let us know if you need money thrown into the kitty, Mike.

Arming an LNG carrier is an interesting, if unusual, flex…

Only answer if you feel like it, but let me get this straight: If google thinks you are not a fine, upstanding website, to their standards, they then allow Adsense to bombard readers of the website…because?

Why not just nuke the whole mega thread? Is it worth keeping if it causes this kind of trouble?

I am seeing the same. Almost to the point of unreabability.

I disagree. The Poles are spending a crapload of money on Korean kit. No one in NATO (to my knowledge) is giving them a hard time about that. The reality is that TKMS has a full order book with the German/ Norwegian orders- so much so that the proposed delivery schedule for Canada actually has...

Completely incorrect about leave authority.

Don’t have the leave manual in front of me, but from memory: 1. The unit you are attach posted to has the authority to grant leave for the period you are with them. If you apply for leave that extends past your AP period, your home unit would approve (generally the two units consult). 2. Short...

I think discipline can be firm, without being abusive. The problem is: everyone wants to talk about individual rights and no one wants to discuss individual responsibilities.

I have no idea how many COs, Unit CWOs or DCOs are on remedial measures. It is certainly possible to be on remedial measures and not lose a key position. Here is the thing: Remedial Measures are not necessarily career killers. It depends what it is for and how the person being remediated takes...