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And thereby hangs the tale of Canada's defence: More bows than arrows.

One of the other advantages of filling vacant subterranean spaces with heated fluids, as you suggest, is that the heat can be added and subtracted from the fluid while leaving it in situ. The heat exchanger is our friend. Circulate pressurised hot fluid on one side of the plates and cold...

True that. So Lukashenko has the examples of both Mussolini and Ceaucescu to consider when planning his retirement.

Italy was hot and nasty before and after. Partisan activity was as common there as it was in places like Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and the Baltics. How many Russians are in those countries today? My point is Belarus may be Lukashenko but Lukashenko is a man, an individual. Like all...

We seem to have a lot of that going around these days. Sir Robert Peel called for "citizens in uniform" and expected the rest of the citizenry to assist their fellow citizens in the commission of their duties. Up to and including apprehending and detaining suspects. (And defending themselves...

Two principles in collision? Whose laws? Nobody wants to be poor.

All of which has been peacefully and permanently resolved. Just ask the Miqmaq, Mohawk and Ojibway.

I wouldn't be surprised if that prospect already has him contemplating an alternate future so that he and Mrs Lukashenko can avoid windows and lamp-posts.

In September 1943 Italy deposed Mussolini and joined the Allies on October 13, 1943. Rome didn't fall until June 4, 1944. Is it impossible to conceive of a situation where Lukashenko changes sides?

Notwithstanding that, no parliament can bind future parliaments. Having said that, everything is negotiable and it makes sense to keep people on side. Up here in Rupert's Land we have the advantage of Sir John A. MacDonald's numbered treaties based on recognition of the 1763 proclamation. BC...

Well, perhaps you can start with the lack of NATO standard weapons.... There will be a bit of integration magic required. From someone that was regularly picked last for dodgeball :D

Further to my last: If I look at the stern of this one container ship and consider only those containers flush with the stern in the top row and the stepped back upper row I find 15x Reefer Containers on the top of the central block 2x Reefer Containers flanking the central block 11x Reefer...

I think @KevinB touched on a key element of the Korean offer. It is self serving. It is in Korea's interest to offshore their supply chains. Their factories and shipyards are too close to their enemy. Also they need to secure a resource base that they lack. Coal, oil, LNG, graphite, iron...

The notion that I keep turning back to is that of arming the Naval Reserve with containerised systems that could be bolted on to the decks of civilian vessels, be they government or commercial. Emphasis on the Air Defense / CUAS battle. The other thing is: Assume a convoy under escort. Some...

I see that Noah is reporting that Hanwha and Babcock Canada are formalizing things. I wish them well but I am mindful of the best CF18 support offer being made by Bristol Aerospace of Winnipeg.

It strikes me that this was the original rationale for the lightly armed AOPS in the first place. The government felt there was a need for machine guns to keep the civilian fleet in line. Our Turbot War, the Icelandic Cod Wars, the USCG dealing with armed poachers and drug runners all support...

Better to work with the grain than against it. If you can get useful work out of people in their comfort zone why make enemies of them by forcing them to be uncomfortable? Most of security is about sensing threats. Unless the number of threats is really high it is more important (IMHO) to have...