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I have been considering my disconnects, those areas where I am living with underlying assumptions I am not conveying well or at all. One assumption that I have taken on board is the primacy of the guns. Two references: Never send a man when you can send a bullet. The British Army should be...

Also, wrt Churchill, I expect oil to start moving out of there slowly by rail initially. A rail upgrade predicated on moving large amounts of potash (new route, new bed, twin tracks) will also serve all other traffic. That could include oil and compressed natural gas. The north still uses...

I am a proponent of pipelines, a climate crisis heretic and a Danielle Smith supporter. And I am not disappointed. Yet. Smith is absolutely right that the underlying need is for the government to change policy and legislate differently. I leave myself open to being disappointed after...

I also like a proposal from Tom Harris of the Telegraph. Use the moment to push a SEAD effort into Ukraine and eliminate Russian air defence systems in occuppied territory and in the border bastions like Rostov, Kursk and Belgorod. Use the long range missiles and put them in the hands of Ukraine.

I would be happier if they were flying bombs. If they were the same mix of armed UAVs and decoys as were seen in Ukraine then I could convince myself that the incursion was accidental, a failure of technology. The fact that none of the drones were armed (AFAIK) bends me to believing it was a...

At the back of my mind, for a number of years now, I have bothered by a comparison between the AOPS and two of the Coast Guard's fleet: the Leonard J. Cowley and the similar John P. Tully. They are 70m craft. They are ice-strengthened. They displace about 2000 tonnes. They have a max speed of...

How long does it take to get back from the Caribbean to Prince of Wales Island? Having arctic capable ships that are not in the arctic kind of defeats the purpose. We have 6 arctic ships. At least two should be on station in the arctic following the ice and the shipping. One in Baffin Bay...

You mean like the Coast Guard?

19 out of 415 launches? A 5% failure rate in Russian technology would not surprise me. And the scatter would also suggest normal statistical error. So it is not improbable that this was an "accident". On the other hand this improbable accident has provided useful intelligence to Russia at...

One area where @FJAG and I differ is over the tactical and the administrative. I have no trouble with administrative battalions, brigades, divisions and corps. I have no trouble with cadres, half-pay commanders and substantive ranks. If we will need more brigades than can be managed by one...

Sounds very Canadian. We have always been happier as umpire than player. Counting shots in Vietnam. Monitoring ceasefire violations. Now we will count the number of drone strikes in Canada. .... To paraphrase Henry II: Won't someone rid us of these turbulent drones?

Aviation in Calgary progresses. This seems to include Montreal money. https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-aerospace-industry-westjet-cae-deal-training-centre-calgary?itm_source=index...

There's a difference between incest and miscegeny and gene splicing. I have my limits.

Or.... Add the STA battery to the Brigade Cavalry/ISR unit.

Absolutely they should have choice. They should be able to buy this crap. They just can't call it meat or anything that connotes meat or anything derived from the animal or plant kingdoms, or, for that matter, fungi. It is a purely chemical confection with indeterminate attributes. How much...

@FJAG Setting apart the frivolities, I agree with you.

You didn't disappoint. Cheers.

Not sure really. Neither one seems particularly offensively inclined though. Both are more into watch and report. I think.

I eat hot dogs. I live on sausages. Beef hearts are great. And I also love a nice black pudding with a runny egg. Feel better? 😄

They were also good with Olestra. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra Until they weren't. Red #2 or Red #40? Saccharin or Cyclamates? Canadian rats or US rats?