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Austin Bay on the evolving Chinese response to the Hong Kong protests. The linguistic divide between Hong Kong and the northern Chinese is interesting, as well as the divide between the Chinese and Taiwanese. This adds another element to the mix...

Going a bit sideways, but if there is a willingness to look at UCAVs (much like other air forces are doing), we might consider something based on the MQ-25 "Stingray". We have lots of area to cover, so an aircraft with long range is certainly a big plus. The Stingray was designed as a "tanker"...

A bit more on both the Korean and Japanese desire for F-35B variants and small aircraft carriers: https://strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20191107.aspx The rest of the article is on the link The key benefit for both Korea and Japan is to prevent their air power from being caught on...

I've actually made this argument for Canada in the past on various Army.ca threads, although usually advocating for the F-15E Strike Eagle or at least once for the B-1B. The arguments are very similar, except that we need long range aricraft to patrol our own airspace and seas. Flying across...

Looks like the Grasping hand of government is going to get twisted in another arm wrestling match with Adam Smith's Invisible Hand. A big push in production by a multitude of suppliers will bring prices down, providing relief for consumers and consternation for nations like Russia and Iran which...

For some types of targets, the hypersonic vehicle might have a fragmenting warhead, releasing a cloud of flechettes. Since Kinetic energy is 1/2 MV^2, even small darts will have a great deal of striking power and energy. For an aircraft carrier, they would "scour" the flight deck, destroy any...

Once a target has been localized, weapon moving at hypersonic velocity will cover 1600m per second or greater. The kill chain is to generalize the location of the target, launch the weapon, guide it into the target box and allow the weapon to make terminal adjustments. An aircraft carrier moving...

At the time of their service, they likely were, but then again, they were in a society where they had to have a membership in order to gain certain advantages and social mobility. Millions of people in Germany were members of the National Socialist party during the 1930's, but most needed...

Without trying to sound too negative, MacKay is a leader from two "generations" ago, leading the Progressive Conservatives into a merger with Reform, and then leaving politics as Stephen Harper took the helm of the Conservative Party. Scheer is definitely to be faulted for not making massive...

Not really clear where to put this, but it certainly speaks poorly of how well "we" acculturalize people into accepting and adopting Canadian values when they come to Canada to live...

Mexican situation is heating up to an alarming degree, almost to the point that Mexico as currently constituted will become a failed state. This article lays out some of the competing groups and agendas: https://claireberlinski.substack.com/p/on-mexican-state-collapse-a-guest Before we sit...

While the headline is overblown, the reality of internal divisions inside the CCP is something we tend to overlook: https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2019/10/xi-may-face-coup.html How this ties into issues like Hong Kong, Taiwan, the trade war with the United States and so on will be interesting...

Meanwhile, the hunt for the origins of the "Russian Collusion" narrative continues, and new evidence seems to have surfaced. Getting the real story will be a long and complex enterprise, gathering apiecce of evidence here and a piece of evidence there...

The question about Autism actually reflects a broader issue in that the questioner clearly does not understand how Canada's government works. Questions about Healthcare should be directed to the Provincial government, as it is their jurisdiction. Of course I have seen it elsewhere. At the 2019...

Everything is there to meet the time line, just please put a different second pod on there without the Hellfires.... (Mistral, Starstreak, RBS 70, Spyder or Stunner....) Lasers, even solid state lasers are power hogs because the coupling of input energy to light emission is very poor. A...

Reviving the discussion with some new information. The US Army is working on  concept called "Multi Domain Task Force" (along with a multitude of other related ideas like strategic artillery) to deal with AA/AD environments and other complex problems. While not exactly a Combat Team in the...

Two things to say about a LAV 6 based GBAD system: 1. Make it GBAD and stop adding other s**t to it. If the system illustrated has two pods, then one could be Stingers and the other a different sort of SAM. This will provide a means to deal with different or difficult targets, and also give...

Finally got a flyer in the front door from the Communist Party, which also has a candidate in my riding (wow, a full house!) One point which I find interesting is when you read it, at least 2/3 of the issues and platform planks are indistinguishable from the Liberal, Conservative, NDP or Green...

Herein lies the problem. If we accept that history and tradition is meaningful, then we also need to  understand the history and context of things like church parades. Units have longstanding ties to churches and communities (think of "Freedom of the City"), and new soldiers will learn about the...

The two key takeaway quotes: and I'm glad that I'm not in 32 Bde, and that my time in the CAF is winding down so I no longer have to put up with or be associated with this sort of social engineering. The armed forces was one of the few places left where "output" was still more important than...