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I'll argue that whatever they are going to deliver for RCD will be better than Navantia.

Length is a bit longer (2ish meters) and beam was about 0.5m wider.

Don't believe the Spanish glossy brochure. Just look at Australia's experience with Navantia. The spanish ships are like new build house from a sketchy contractor. No primer under the paint, and shortcuts everywhere. Our problem isn't this BS friends and family narrative you're pushing. Its...

The Rivers were to replace all the capabilities inherent in the tribals and frigates. 9 is the minimum be able to retire the frigates. After that either keep building Rivers or switch to a new class. We're 10 years away from even having that conversation.

9 is the minimum build for Rivers. That's what we need to retire the HFX class. Destroyer Escort = Frigate, they are synonyms as all DE's were eventually rolled into Frigate classification when NATO's new classification system came out. Castor class is interesting. Good shout! My...

Rumour mill has CDC scope changing. Also that we'll find out in the new Fall Defence Policy.

German sub industry exports indicate otherwise. 50+ 209's exported (to Korea), 214's exported, 212's exported. It's far more likely given that industry's history that things will go fairly well. German surface fleet production vs German sub fleet production are different. For clarity some of...

Can they? Are you sure? You know the depth and sailing conditions underwater for those routes? Also does it matter that the Russians can get submarines waaaay up north to the wasteland part of the arctic? Russian subs (attack subs) need to attack shipping and interdict transit routes for...

If you do a bit of research you'll find a number of subs systems are not kept within the hull. The 212CD in particular has a number of tanks, sonars and other equipment outside the pressure hull but inside the stealthy shaped hull.

I think its going to entirely be contract, build schedules and GERNOR giving us some of their current build sched ships. These aren't the folks who talk about upgrades and such, this is the business, lawyer and diplomat crowd.

I msg'd him about some of his arbitrary choices. Pointed out that a lot of the weapons listed on there are not Deep Strike ones (like Direct Fire AT weapons or short range mortars etc...). Not sure where the line is but I would argue if it doesn't go beyond 25nm (horizon at sea, approx 40km)...

That makes sense. It will be well into Seapan's CCG build cycle.

So they are choosing to never get promoted. Unless Log is waiving that requirement now for Sea Log. Well that's a thing I guess.

The wet and dry list has existed since I joined, it was always unofficial and informal, though recognized by leadership out loud eventually (2007 approx). Now its formalized in a different way. You can join the Staff officer stream at any point in time in the new org . And as far as "never...

And yet you didn't list the 3rd busiest port in Canada on that list. Prince Rupert. Vancouver, Montreal, Prince Rupert, Halifax, Saint John in that order. If Churchill approaches Hamilton's volume that will be a win...