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Early EVs didn't have thermal management systems. New ones do. That improves range and reduce wear and tear on the battery. The miracle of heat pumps..... Which brands? Chinese manufacturing is always choose your own adventure. You can the quality of an iPhone or generic brand android...

You're right. But also we know this administration is that petty.

Jobs and speed of delivery will be the criteria. I don't think the French would qualify. Honestly, it'll probably be the Gripen.

I listen to the Herle Burly podcast on occasion and I have never once heard him be anything but enthusiastic about increasing the defence budget and investing in the CAF. Nor do I recall Paul Martin being particularly opposed to increasing defence spending. That was mostly a Chretien thing...

Well put. That generation of staff officers wrote a SOR that could have been written on a napkin. "We want 5th gen." No real effort to define and explain what 5th gen is, and why we needed it. And then no real effort from the GOFOs to explain to Parliament and the public. They could have...

If you get to opine on things you know nothing about and think they should listen, then you owe them the same courtesy. That's how democracy works. I pointed this out on a thread about a fast choo-choo and was told I am being uncivil. Normalize equality of opinions and this is what you get.

I saw this in one of the decks. What's the distinguishing feature between heavy and medium? And I'd be curious to know why they didn't pattern them the same.

It was part of a whole litany of demands that effectively would have us tie ourselves further to the US. They also insisted we cancel the Globaleye buy. It's notable that the rumours are it's the US that brought it up. Not Canada. This is good negotiating. The threat of a Gripen buy is...

This. Very much this. It's a substantial break in the relationship. And that card has to be played well.

I think early 2027 is when the first payments are due for 2030 deliveries.

Not yet. But every day without a deal hurts the F-35. Current progress payments and the like cover deliveries through to the end of 2029.

There's the military aspect of Golden Dome which is semi-serious and then what the administration wants. They don't want substantive Canadian participation. They want us to simply cut them a large cheque. Which of course, our government will not do. But we keep talking to our military...

It's kinda not the job of MPs though.....

Won't target China, Russia or North Korea with any real endurance. But they talk about maximum pressure. What happens to insurance rates of the tankers if the Iranians nail just one going through? I've already heard of insane rates. Like double digit percent of ship and cargo per transit...

What actual serving members think of their mission.....