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I thought that is why the Navy hired Bos'ns?

Why am I posting this British economics news in this thread about increasing the money for Canadian defence? Because "20%". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/11/lazy-britain-chancellor-it-deserves-spending-uk-labour/ The bit the article gets wrong is that Canada and Britain have been...

Keir and Mark are joined at the hip.... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/11/the-markets-wont-be-fooled-by-rachel-reeves-again/?recomm_id=0dab77c4-ebb3-4a9e-9bb9-619d7f212237 .... Mark might want to consider letting us make money rather than shutting down productive industries.

---- It seems to me that I recall tales in the 70's of the SSF practising LAPES deliveries of bulldozers to the Arctic. I couldn't find any confirming video or photos but here is a Sheridan being LAPES from a C130. Low Altitude Parachute Extraction was, I believe, eventually banned due to a...

A couple of articles on foreign interference - one really long about Poland and Japan messing with Tsarist and Stalinist Russia, and the other short and very, very current - CCP and Marxist intervention in the US. https://www.fpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/prometheism-final-web.pdf...

Aggravation.... :D https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/06/uncrewed-battle-groups-darpa-admirals-offer-glimpses-navys-robotic-future/405973/?oref=d1-featured-river-top

If this then pipelines.

The Korean take on an Autonomous Multi Domain Launcher And https://militarnyi.com/en/news/artillery-goes-autonomous-hanwha-aerospace-presents-unmanned-rocket-launcher/ Just the thing for an army with no soldiers. Increasing productivity of Generals.

Funny you should say that... https://www.twz.com/land/mysterious-shipping-container-rocket-launcher-spotted-at-trumps-visit-to-fort-bragg

Keir Starmer is visiting Canada ahead of the G7. He and Mark Carney are well acquainted and much of a sameness in mindset. Both attended Liberal Party of Canada conventions during the Trudeau era...

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-opec-secretary-general-peak-oil-demand-global-energy-show Current global oil demand is around 104 million bpd Alberta produces about 4 million bpd and aspires to 8 million bpd in the next few years - if it can find an outlet that will...

Pretty hard to fly to Hong Kong from Vancouver without that pipeline given that it feeds the aviation fuel pipeline from the Burnaby refinery to the airport.

If I understand correctly CSE is also under the MND and I have not heard of them actively engaged overseas. They appear to do their bit for the 5 Eyes from within Canada. The CCG currently operates 6 ancient offshore patrol vessels and 8 of 9 Hero class midshore patrol vessels. Those are all...

I have no doubt that she is seized with the situation and wants more. The PM?

June 2025 - post invasion of Ukraine and mobilization of the Eastern flank (and Sweden and Finland joining NATO) https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2025/06/canadas-new-government-is-rebuilding-rearming-and-reinvesting-in-the-canadian-armed-forces.html June 2017 -...

From economist Trevor Tombe Even with all the cost over runs .... https://thehub.ca/2024/04/30/trevor-tombe-the-trans-mountain-pipeline-was-worth-every-penny/

It was still a minority proposition.

It was bigger right enough. On the other hand there was a large chunk of society, as there is now, happy to not participate. At best they will thank you for your service.

The vehicle is a TAPV driven backwards. Where the TAPV has the engine in the rear and offset to the left the Piranha has the engine in front and offset to the right. Where the tunnel in the TAPV is wasted space the crew sits in the Piranha tunnel. The Piranha configuration leaves the entire...