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Even in a civil society there needs to be red lines drawn somewhere, it is very important there is. You want to know how that civil society came to exist? It was through a few civil wars to curtail the powers of the king and enforce the rights of the citizenry. They don’t like reminding the...

We are at the point where it doesn’t matter how literate or not people present themselves. We have tried the long nice game, meanwhile they keep changing the rules in their favour and slowly but steadily restricting and reducing our freedoms. It isn’t my tactic of choice (I personally try the...

Classless or not stealing property (which when you say you may or may not pay you for the property you declared illegal is) from law abiding citizens just to suit political aims isn’t cool. Being paid to do a job doesn’t make it right. Just following orders isn’t a excuse. Right now I have...

Conscript doesn’t equal dumb or incompetent. If anything it is likely to up the quality of recruits we receive as currently most your best and brightest choose not to serve or decide against it due to how long the process is. Being a volunteer is a choice, but it doesn’t mean you are competent...

I found the Regs generally acted less professional than the Reserves did. Mainly because many in the Reserves were trying to compensate and act how they thought they should. I also found the most unprofessional people in the military were usually the more senior ranks. Jr ranks might do dumb...

I hope SK wins. They have so much to potentially offer which Europe will charge more for in a longer time frame. We need equipment today (thanks to our complete lack of seriousness as nation and allowing ourselves to become more or less defenceless) not some imaginary date a decade away. The...

The dumbest thing you can do as a country is announce you’re trying to acquire nukes. Basically makes you a giant target for anyone who does not wish for you to have said capability. This is the type of thing you do quietly then announce once compete. You won’t get invaded that way.

We also didn’t have randomly applied and weaponized tariffs with the country we were doing 75% of our trade with. Losing NAFTA (or whatever it is called today) could be a death blow for the economy with the way the US is today. It would make the great depression seem like the best time to be alive.

It was the opposite experience for me. I got to drink in military bars before I was of legal age. If asked I would always be honest and say I was underaged, which happened a grand total of two times. Generally I was just never asked. Civilian bars never worked for me underaged in Canada...

My question is how is Russia getting their hands on it in the first place?

Why do you think they are trying to make a example of Luigi… fear.

First off I want my laws to be logic based and not emotion based. Set the criteria for each category for physical clearly defined characteristics and go from there. Pre-2019 were not that but they were much closer than the greatly expanded OIC nonsense we have now. You shouldn’t be able to...

I am not saying the F35 isn’t a better aircraft, simply that there is perks to the Gripen (mainly cost, potentially long term strategic partnership) and depending on the path Canada chooses to take, might be sufficient for our needs. Realistically who do we need state of the art for most (all?)...

Estimates for the Gripen per flight hour at the high end are 22k/hr (thats high end, very likely could be lower). Estimates for the F35A is 42k/hr. So about half the cost to operate per flight hour.

One side show to the next. Don’t hear much about their ‘successful’ intervention in Venezuela.

Sometimes it is. Depending on what it is your planning on doing having something which costs less to run but still accomplishing our goals is sometimes better. You don’t always need a Cadillac to drive down the street when the Volvo will get you there. At some point the taps will turn off...

So does bending over and taking it. Locking out your allies from access to equipment isn’t a good strategy to sell equipment. When the US turned off the equipment in Ukraine that should have sent alarm bells ringing throughout NATO. Currently the US is at about 50% with the F35 so that is a...

Deactivated firearms are able to be sold without a license. My understanding is older deactivations (mainly cock and click) bring more money than more recent deactivations done under modern standards. As to the Lee Enfield I suspect that he would have to call the firearms program as you now...

Their vehicle quality has gone up substantially in recent years. I tend to prefer sooner than later. Realistically the Koreans offer much more than the Germans can faster. Their industry is struggling to meet domestic/European demand let alone adding us. The Koreans aren’t. I like the Poland...

If it is outside of the EE, milsurps section, antiques, or gunsmithing, I basically ignore it’s existence. As much as some might think I take extreme stance (mine is more focused on who has access as opposed to what is accessed), many on there would consider me a ‘commie libtard’ or other such...