Recent content by ytz

I will never understand why laypeople always assume professionals are morons who never think of things. Particularly bizarre when this mindset comes from military folks who have spent a lifetime receiving the same crap from the average Wikipedia civvy expert. Aside from the fact that the...

I question whether bad news even goes up this Administration.

Just look at how well sending Mil Service Pay is going.

Letter to the Editor..... In response to this Economist article: America must hope Donald Trump is not a new Caligula

The UK is on its fourth PM since Meloni got elected. France is on its fifth.

The official presser.... https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2026/07/quadrilateral-joint-statement-on-canada-becoming-an-observer-to-gcap.html

Sure. Never said they wouldn't. Changes and trends are normal in the life of any institution. But I don't think we're going to see the fantasies of Euroskeptics gaining traction post-Brexit. I think Meloni is a good example of how right wing politicians moderate once in power. They say a...

Absolutely. But Brexit has substantially damaged the Euroskeptic cause in Europe. Now that members can see what it's like to actually be outside the Union. This is quite frankly not possible. And a substantial misunderstanding of the EU and Schengen. This misunderstanding was actually part...

The problem was that they believed they could have "sovereignty" without any compromise or price because they were exceptional. Real life doesn't work like that. I think the UK will push to rejoin the EU once the Boomers and most of Gen X are no longer electorally significant. Survey after...

Exactly this. We're quickly developing proper theatre and corps level capabilities. From EW, to space, to IAMD, to drones. They are all coming online in the 5-10 yr timeframe. Add in all the work the CA is doing to build a proper division. And I would argue we need a formation higher than a...

Given the state of the UK, I would suggest that we should stand up a corps level theatre command with enabling formations. We may only commit an actual division to it. But the other divisions can be provided by NATO. We're actually better placed that the Poles, Finns, Baltics, etc. to do...

A somewhat unique RAF situation because the RAF Regiment is familiar with air ops as part of integrating into a CAOC in their air defence role. In Canada, the RCAF will enable the CA to do GBAD. But air defence responsibility still resides with the senior air officer as the JFACC. Ergo, a...

We're heading down the path to similar capabilities too.

The proposed production variant looked better.

They keep pushing this. Everybody should be skeptical. I make the comparison between Tesla and other OEMs that made electric vehicles. Why did Tesla succeed where they failed? Because an EV isn't just a different engine. It's a different paradigm. And a vehicle designed from the ground up...