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At the rate things are going, there will be a switch to 6th generation fighters (or whatever platform carries out those functions) by the rest of the world's air forces by the time we figure this out. Perhaps the only saving grace would be if the USAF decides to go for the new "Century Series"...

While DIY drones, UAV's and UCAV's are a pretty scary thought, conceptually it could be even more difficult to defend against these if they become "self contained" in the sense that they need no external signals to operate or coordinate. Flocks of birds or schools of fish are not full of...

Interesting perspective on Tulsi Gabbard's longer term campaign. Maybe the real strategy is to be "the last man standing": https://idsent.wordpress.com/2019/12/26/flailing/? More at link While I certainly would never support her policies were I an American voter, she certainly seems far more...

More on the state of the Chinese financial system. I suspect they will be able to paper over the cracks for a while longer, but eventually the game of musical finances becomes impossible to sustain...

A Chinese protester holds a sign saying "Heaven will destroy the CCP" while facing a police officer with a drawn pistol. Luckily, she was not shot and apparently was able to leave the protest safely. This is a much larger level of defiance than previously, and I think we all know that without...

A disturbing Christmas present from China: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/12/help-im-being-held-prisoner.php The rest of the article is at the link. We may have to take action as a DIY project, carefully examining our purchases to ensure we are not buying Chinese goods or...

While there is no doubt that aircraft carriers are facing major challenges, the nay sayers never seem to have an answer as to "why" the PLAN, Royal Navy, Indian Navy, Japanese Self Defence Force and the ROK are all building or considering building new aircraft carriers of their own. Obviously...

While a bit sideways to the topic, and a US example as well, the basic principles apply for our military and bureaucracy, and likely that of the UK and many others as well. Streamlining the "back end" provides savings which would answer the question of "how do we fund these things"? While maybe...

Flexibility. The Spearhead class or analogue could bring our 450 man battlegroup to Latvia (or any European shore) with equipment in 4 lifts, or with a convoy of four ships. One ship could deliver the 200 or so advisors to Ukraine or SoF contingent to the Middle East. Given the size of the...

I think my personal observations of the PCPO are applicable to the Conservatives as well WRT their future direction. I recall attending the PCPO convention in London where John Tory was attempting to retain his hold on the leadership.(the circumstances of how I got there are another story)...

Of course even "small" carriers are pretty expensive assets. The USS America has been trialled as a "Lightning Carrier" with a small air component of F-35B's and both Japan and the ROK seem to be considering this class of ship as well, with the Japanese Izumo carrier (technically a "Helicopter...

An interesting counterpoint looking at yet another fissure in the Chinese socio-political landscape. Once again, this isn't something which can be jumped aboard (at least not without proper understanding, as is detailed by the article in the link), and the situation likely isn't as dire as...

China's worst nightmare coming true: Hong Kong style (and inspired) protests appear to be starting in the mainland: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/chicom_nightmare_hong_kong_protests_spread_to_gigantic_guangdong.html Rest of the article is at the link. One of the takeaway points...

Given the vast distances to cover and lack of infrastructure, the primary method of transportation should be air (taking into account the difficulties due to weather and climactic conditions). This isn't entirely a handwave, many small companies supply arctic oil and mining operations using a...

At least there are still good people who will "march towards the sounds of gunfire" to confront terrorists with whatever is at hand (even narwhal tusks and fire extinguishers). We should be thankful such people exist and work to ensure there are many more however and whenever we can.

Maclean's Magazine has published numerous articlea about Chinese influence in Canada and the Canadian government's lack of response. I did a quick search on "Startpage" using "macleans trudeau and china" and got a solid 2 1/2 pages of hits with articles outlining the problem. The issue isn't...

Interesting how so many really important things are being drowned out by "the narrative" https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-democrats-impeachment-pseudo-event

Semi idle thought: The US Army is looking to create a cannon with a range of 1000km, but apparently there is no work on anything like a Gerald Bull Supergun or a WWII era German Railway Cannon for firing such a thing. This suggests that the round will be self propelled, perhaps by a ramjet...

NY Post reports on a practical implimentation of metamaterials from a Canadian company. the vidio is quite impressive: https://nypost.com/2019/11/15/invisibility-cloak-straight-out-of-harry-potter-is-now-a-thing/

A missile such as the one depicted would have a much shorter flight time and provide far less ability to respond than an ordinary cruise missile. It would also have a different flight path than that of a supersonic or even hypersonic missile, providing a possible means of exploiting gaps in the...