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It's not that. Its that the E-7 effective operational ranges are now likely within Chinese air to air missile ranges. As a backfill, not replacement. Yah I don't fully get the reasoning, but there is a lot of concern that China can hit AEW&C as well as tankers with their PL-21 missiles. As...

I know that. I'm (along with @Good2Golf ) the radar nerd here on the forum. One person whom I work with was commenting on one aspect of the aircraft. As far as the E-7 radar is concerned, even the US are cutting orders. Because they are going space based based with their AEW&C. E-7 "are dead...

Talking to my AC Op Sgt about it, his main concern is range, altitude, speed and air to air refueling. The sensors "are all pretty much the same at the end of the day" in his opinion. And he wasn't worried about the space internally either. The new radars are so small comparative to previous...

Its actually tailored to carrier ops particularly the UK carriers. Which is kinda the same thing you're talking about here. No need to cover an expansive territory or search area when you're just defending a Task Group. In this case the long endurance without air to air refueling is a plus.

I'm not concerned, but I don't like it. There should be an economic update soon. We, the public are required to see what is going on with our purse. Unpredictable, or "needing to get a handle on it" or commiting to big spending in the short term are all reasons to wait out so your first...

Not sure how bloodlust relates to sitting in your OP, in the pouring rain, doing your job despite being cold, wet and tired. But I'm not army and perhaps I have a different idea what patroling spirit is supposed to mean.

Gas prices went down almost immediately, and its been consistantly lower, even after all the market changes up and down. Do I agree that the corporate rate is political and hides the cost? Yes. But half a carbon tax is still lower than a whole carbon tax. Full disclosure I'm pro-carbon tax...

How are you still getting PLD. Should be solidly on CFHD at this point. I do understand the SDA argument though, its going to be a bloodbath if they go through with it as rumoured.

Yah, it does. But its what makes us some of the best. Really only the Aussies, French and British have patroling spirit. You have to go to SOF in the US to see it. Even USMC don't have it (they did, they lost it somewhere down the road).

People here need to take a course on dialectics. Quite frankly he never said that it wasn't a component of why people stay or go, or that frustration with the institution is imaginary. He just said he combats it by reminding them of the greater than themselves mission that we often forget...

Because they worked with other Army's and realized that we have Cpl's who we trust with other Army's Capt's work. As much as we bitch, our troops and sailors are well trained, intelligent and mission focused. Patroling spirit is a rarity in other armies.

No one is going under multi year ice in the Canadian NWP. Perhaps north of Elsmere. I think you underestimate the challenges of ice even for submarines. Particularly when the ice dams can reach all the way to the bottom of the ocean, and the iceburgs regularly scrap along. Perhaps there is...

Those automated mines can be air dropped. So IF you needed to do some mining that's the way you would do it. Probably a just push them out the back of a herc or something at this point. You wouldn't have a permanent presence of mines. Persistent sensors or attritable sensors that are...

I expect we'll be using Fusion reactors instead of Fission ones before to long. Canada is suprisingly right up there in the race for Fusion.

Check it out. Nice old school CBC documentary.

The thing that stands out to me is the noise reduction and stealth aspects. The ship will be very quiet, though I have some concerns that the some care was not taken when they cut and paste in the AEGIS system and its own cooling, cable trays etc... Certainly not as important as engines or...

I feel the same but I have one caveat. RoK are pushing their submarine hard and investing a lot of time and effort, when the RFP hasn't even been drafted yet. Germans being german are going to wait until the competition starts and then put together their proper proposal. And let that stand on...

I'm not worried about procurement timelines, I'm mainly concerned with a) build timelines b) build capacity c) choosing a political submarine instead of the right one for the strategic needs There is going to be some natural friction between Re-arm Europe and Re-arm Canada. I have picked a...

Carney quoted today talking about subs. Basically stated that we won't be getting a decision on them until 27'/ 28' timeframe. Seems to me the project will be going to competition after all. And it means that speed is not as important for the submarines project as maybe we thought (or was...

I get excited because I love speculation and the process of making imaginary navies... lol