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Commander RCN talks submarines in Halifax Article in the Trident with VAdm Topshee discussing the need for Canada to have submarines for national defence. The RCN is looking at purchasing 8-12 boats to be split between the two coasts. To avoid any capability gaps the new submarines must begin...

I sometimes wonder how the CDS is able to walk straight, without leaning to the left due to all the metal and other insignia. If he stands still, does he hold on to the podium to keep himself steady? Is there a counter weight on the right side of his tunic to balance everything? When you're...

Interested Canadians and their Allies are still waiting for the Defence Policy update that was announced in the Canadian Federal Budget 2022 I think that we already know what this gov't will say. It will make noise about the following: the current unstable international environment climate...

Agreed. You can come up with a great deal of possible combinations. The kicker is whatever the CDS comes up with, it must satisfy the tasks assigned to the military, meet the agreed stipulations to existing military treaties and even more difficult, to satisfy a gov't that doesn't understand...

If the CAF was actually serious about having resourcing a combat ready armed force (Navy, Army, AF) with general capabilities then you would need to reconsider the logistical infrastructure, material handing equipment, IT systems, space, security along with the required logistical, maintenance...

Again, my ignorance, besides the definition above, isn't AOPS also armed with the BAE 25mm Mk 38 machine gun system that features a highly accurate gun targeting and surveillance system, as well as the M242 Cannon. Doesn't this make it a warship although it isn't built to conventional navy...

The Liberals' defence policy hits a fiscal wall In brief: The defence policy will be driven by fiscal constraints vice Global and National Security realities. The LPC have "aspirations" to spend for targeted defence capabilities. I'm guessing: longer project timelines for capital equipment...

All these changes will again the raise the question: Should Canada become a republic? Note, I am not republican but I am a Canadian. I understand and deeply respect the role and symbolism of the British Monarchy to Canada and its institutions, my problem is that they are not Canadian. They...

Based on the little that I know and understand about AUVs, AI, underwater communications, I believe that Hanwha Systems have the right idea about how to use the AUVs for now. In addition from the video, "Can Australia handle its new fleet of nuclear submarines", the RAN are also investing in...

This is an excellent video about the challenges that Australia has (will have) when it embarks on its journey towards the purchase of a nuclear powered submarine. This video also provides a good idea of what obstacles Canada will also face if it ever decides to buy nuclear powered submarines to...

I attended Remembrance Day ceremony at the National Cenotaph in Ottawa. I heard the Chaplain General made a rather neutral speech, no mention about God, about the service members and the Rabbi made his speech. Perhaps its just me, but I miss the Padres wearing their clergy robes and offering...

You know very well that I cannot explain the rational for the hiring of more PS for the fed gov't nor confirm if they are productive and providing good value for their salary and knowledge. $15B is indeed a large sum of money and I do agree that the gov't should make the effort to collect it...

How much effort is it worth to prove a point? I'm not saying not to try to recover the costs, but you need to look at everything - what can you actually do to justify the extra costs (the outcome must be worth more than the expenditure), or it can become just be a pyrrhic victory.

Many of the Padres that I've talked to never pushed religion onto their clients, unless it was for religious services or if the client specifically asked for it. While deployed on ops, many of Padre are used to gauge the morale of the troops and provide feedback to the Command Staff. They are...

Need to conduct a cost benefit analysis. Is it worth to hire more CRA staff, especially audit specialists, and lawyers to take non-compliant cases to court? Or it is better to over haul and simplify the tax system, introduce new AI systems to review the tax returns and so forth in order to...

In brief, despite the crouched political language of not to harm DND/CAF's capabilities, probably more spending cuts or more surgical cuts coming https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/bill-blair-forced-to-recraft-and-refine-long-delayed-defence-policy-update-as-industry-questions-spending-plans

Are you calling me chicken legs ? It's OK, ... because I do have thin legs. Sniff ..., sniff, ...

Is PM Trudeau’s Liberal leadership at risk? Here is what CTV's New commentators had to say. https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2801063&playlistId=1.6570046&binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1

I don't care what any of you say about this recruiting ad. This is my generation and I grew with the CF Recruiting song: "There's no life like it!." I proudly wore that CF Greens as a young NCM and had to put up with the bus driver uniform - work dress. I still remember the rousing but insipid...

Based on the information given, this seems to be Phase 2 - Project Definition and Planning Phase in which the team analyzes what is the current operational deficiency of the current platform and then identifies what it wants the new platform to do - statement of requirements (SOR) My guess is...