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I think Canada desperately needs to take care of our northern approaches first before we continue to boast and half commit as we have done in the last month. If you need to get to 2% GDP then 3 or 4 bases complete with naval and air capabilities will chew through billions pretty quick. However...

I don't mean to sound like Singh (I really really don't want to sound like Singh) but 2% is arbitrary. The focus should be on identifying and obtaining needed capabilities and personnel. That may be 1.5% or it could be 3% or even 5%. The CAF and the government needs to decide what they need...

If the Canadian public requires to be educated on why the CAF is so dilapidated, can't meet its NATO commitments, etc and why it should instead be a high priority why do we not see that in the media? (Just to be clear I am in the high priority camp) All these retired generals and all retired...

Canada is not alone on this project and if the senior partner says it needs to hurry up then can Canada have much of a choice? Would not doing so have consequences from not helping to ensure US continental defence?

Just curious but are the equipment requirements/specifications already determined? If so why take 10yrs?

Working the problem with mobility in mind in the far north, let's say Baffin Island. Access with any larger vehicles such as a MBT, LAV, and even the TAPV are very very limited, so notwithstanding it's military requirements the vehicles presently used for patrols are limited to snowmobiles...

I knew the line maintenance crews who trialed those. They certainly looked impressive compared to the old Flextrac/Foremost equipment. In actual usage, not so impressive. You must have been around the old head office on Taylor and Harrow shop out back. Forgive my ignorance but who is the RM?

As an example we've all seen how Russian vehicles are getting stuck when they try to "off road". I can testify that the Foremost tracked vehicles will traverse those same areas without any problems. Wide tracked vehicles are built for that and can even be specified to float. (we had a couple...

Quebec will be happy. Why wouldn't they be? If they gave the work to Irving wouldn't NS be happy? Davie is the one large yard looking for work. If I held any preconceived bias against Quebec I would have not suggested Davie. Army.prairies? gimme a break. Thou doth protest too much, methinks.

At over $2 billion per... As a comparison Australia bought the RFA Largs Bay from Britain for about $170 million Canadian $. Not sure on the cost of modifications. (needs a permanent helicopter hangar imo) But the San Antonio would certainly fit the role of big honkin ship...

The Whitbeys and Harpers would need a (major?) refit but then it could keep Davie busy for a while. Get new capability and keep Quebec happy.... only if the LCACs come with them.

VG understood, thanks.

So, just trying to wrap my head around this replacement vessel's requirements, if the expectation that this new vessel is to patrol the Grand Banks then the size must increase to accommodate those potential sea states correct? Is this not more of a small frigate as opposed to a corvette? This is...

I took it for granted that the AN124 was something which went "unspoken" 🥺😁 Same for the katie.... Also we're on par regarding strat sealift but I gotta ask....

Well I'm far from being a "young.un" and I don't care for high horses (phobia of mine). I'm one of those ignorant Canadian public who's here to learn and ask why things are the way they are. Couldn't hurt to have some information to support the CAF when we civvies are discussing things amongst...

Could the second generation Visby corvette being developed by Sweden be a contender for the MCDV replacement?

(From the outside looking in) My impression is that over the last 20 yrs or more of larger deployments the big question is always how do you get there? Landlocked deployments are obviously by air and the C17s have made those possible but for those where there is a port available it seems it's...

Japan is looking for a partner(s) to help it develop it's own Gen6 fighter. Ground floor opportunity. :rolleyes: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-japan-building-its-own-sixth-generation-stealth-fighter-199430

There are numerous sites and they all have different numbers but it's a pretty consistent opinion that SAAB's operating costs are half or less than the F35's. I think the older model Gripen's operating costs being so low have influenced the E's estimates.

I think even if GoC awards the contract today we're so far back in the que it will take forever. However a side benefit is everyone else gets to work out the bugs.