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Sound very Canadian Airborne, Hopefully it won't end up in scorched earth territory... again.

Rainier and her sisters were designed with the Midways and the Forrestal's in mind. They had enough fuel and ammo plus food etc to to do two - three complete unreps for the carrier and her escorts. Picture her dealing with a Canadian TG you could support a operation for months all away around...

Well there are these two AORs currently in the reserve fleet that might be a nice trade. Yes I know how old they are but they're surprisingly low mileage. And the ability to move at a 26 knots and basic provide a Canadian task group with what I suspect would be roughly 6-8 months worth of fuel...

My mistake and more than one of them probably wanted to. Apparently serving under him was a nightmare.

Ah The guy who delighted in screaming at subordinates and the guy Mike Rose basically told to go f**k himself.

"And for love of god, no matter what happens don't roll down the window !"

A soldier who won't f**k , won't fight ! an American Civil war General

The Ghost of Ernie King and that of a certain Director of Naval Aviation for the RCN chortle mightily....

I'd forgotten that . Come to think of it there was the a piece of WW II American airdropped ordinance. That used a rocket Booster? Cannot recall the name offhand.

I tend to agree so long as your ability to generate sensor feeds doesn't exceed your ability to organize and analyse them.

I have to wonder if you dropped a Grand Slam from a Hundred thousand feet what you're penetration would be like. I believe the drop was usually 20,000 feet plus or minus. Have some find someone who likes to do math for odd or occasionally very silly reasons..

According to the Royal Logistics Corps of the British Army every piece of canvas that had been unaccounted for since the Crimean war. Somehow ended up in the hull of the Atlantic Conveyor when she was sunk in 1982....

I hate say but that is quite correct but also sadly irrelevant. Yes, I'm a cynical Son of a B**ch . You see I read Canadian military history.

The acorn apparently does not fall far from the tree.

As I recall from my readings , as originally designed the OV 10 was to use 4.2 inch mortar rounds as droppable ordinance.

I still don't think Trump is a Fascist. That requires ideology, that requires a level of thought that so far he hasn't demonstrated. Think , Mob Boss.

Twas' ever thus . Fu**kn politics.

The Ottawa Treaty was a solution that was looking for a problem. Designed more with boosting a certain personages ego and possible employment opportunities in mind. Then dealing with a problem.

Happy Canada Day everyone.

Actually it's not.