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  1. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    A HAS wouldn’t have helped.
  2. SupersonicMax

    New accommodations facility at CFB Esquimalt and plan to build more homes on military bases

    That’s part of the risk of owning rental property. Hiking rent while interest is higher would be fine…. If a corresponding decrease in interest would result in rent reduction. We all know that when interests come back down that landlords will pocket the difference.
  3. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Small arms wont stop 2,000 lb penetrators bombs, which is what a HAS is really meant to protect against. I’m a lot more concerned about cyber attacks to the F-35’s IM infrastructure than a physical attack against our future F-35s.
  4. SupersonicMax

    Government hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

    It is already not. SOFCOM operated CE145s and CH146s, and other elements operate a multitude of UAS.
  5. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Nope. Perfectly aligned. They don’t park fighters in HAS in CONUS/AK. Heck, their F-22s in AK are in hangars just like we’ll have. They have HAS in Japan, Korea, etc. If we had bases there, we certainly should have them as well, given the risk.
  6. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    You do have HAS, in locations that require it. Otherwise, you don’t have HAS for each and every aircraft, nor should you.
  7. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    They are Operational Loading Areas. The berms are meant to protect other aircraft from explosion if a loaded aircraft catches fires, explodes, etc, not to protect from attacks. The ones in which we load weapons will have equivalent protection. Their roof is made of metal, just like the...
  8. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    In Willy, I am pretty sure you’re looking at munition storage area. And I strongly suspect the ones in Darwin, Tindal and Townsville aren’t hardened but tinned-roof, with no doors. I believe they are loading areas.
  9. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Have you looked at Anchorage by any chance? Or Langley? Or Beaufort? Or Miramar? Or Tyndall?
  10. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    We will be maintaining out of them and living in some of them.
  11. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Oh, I can start and launch a Hornet pretty quickly. An F-35 is even easier.
  12. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Because of many factors: 1- The design of a HAS is a lot more complex than a hangarette 2- We don’t have enough space to put them. We’d need to open a new area on the base which would require new/much expanded services (sewer, water, power, etc). 3- The construction of a HAS is a lot more...
  13. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    The announcement was for the Bagotville QRA. The FSF and associated hangarette are only a Bagotville/Cold Lake thing.
  14. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    We’re talking about infrastructure in Bagotville and Cold Lake.
  15. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Again, it’s assessing the risk of something actually happening vs the consequences of not accepting such a risk. Would you be willing to delay the F-35s by 10 years to put them in HAS?
  16. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Dude, Bagotville and Cold Lake are at least 700 nm from any approach, which is 70 minutes at M1.0, assuming the platforms are undetected prior to being overland. We’d know. And if we get to a point that is close to war, we’d have a heightened posture through NORAD. A HAS wouldn’t make a...
  17. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    As you’re aware, it’s risk management. Probability is always a factor in the assessment of risk, as is severity. When you look at constructing HAS for individual aircraft, it blows up cost and timeline. Is it worth delaying the capability for that extra protection? Me think not. UAVs is a...
  18. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Over the last 100 years, how many airfield in Canadian soil were attacked? Our southern neighbours don’t put their aircraft in HAS either…
  19. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    That’d be overkill in North America.
  20. SupersonicMax

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Hangars for single aircraft that are drive-in, drive-out. In warm climates, they are opened. Ours will be closed, like those in the middle on the picture (6, 7, 8 and 9).
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