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As the ice melts in the Arctic where the "ice edge" is becomes more and more distant. While we might be thinking of the Labrador and Beaufort Seas and the entrances to the NWP now, in a few years we may instead be looking at Ellesmere Island and the Arctic Ocean. That's awfully far for a...

Is this some new weapon we've developed? ;)

Apparently a Russian bomber had an "incident" with its ejection system... https://defence-blog.com/fatal-ejection-incident-on-russian-airbase-leaves-two-dead/ Ouch...that would definitely leave a mark!

Just so I understand...the original intention was that the AOPS would have a hanger to support operation of a Cyclone but there was no consideration of being able to arm the embarked Cyclone?

P-8? MQ-9B? ASW UAV? https://www.naval-technology.com/news/t-600-heavy-lift-drone-deploys-sting-ray-anti-submarine-torpedo-in-nato-test/

Message to the UCP who started this goat rodeo....play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Don't blame the NDP for what the UCP did to themselves.

Trump's 50% tariff on India sure has done a number on the "Pivot to Asia". I wonder what that means for the future of the Quad?

Wow...."for anything done"....not "for any lawful act" or similar.

Canada being Canada we'll likely seek to replace Germany in the struggling FCAS program instead...

I don't misunderstand unmanned systems and I'm aware we need a balanced force. You'll note that I clearly stated that in my opinion the need for a somewhat larger crewed fighter force is as much about maintaining a large enough pool of pilots to fulfill both our operational requirements PLUS...

My gut tells me that we need a larger Reg Force fighter fleet...as much to have a large enough pool of pilots to support all the non-operational pilot roles we require as for the purely military requirement. But when it comes to adding a Reserve fighter fleet in addition to (ideally?) 130-150...

This is totally normal, right? US Institute of Peace renamed for Trump after his administration gutted it earlier this year

A pretty significant bilateral agreement on military cooperation between the UK and Norway: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/12/uk-and-norway-ink-new-lunna-house-agreement/

Wikipedia says this about the light fighter version (F-7) I can't find anything on either the Boeing or Saab T-7A websites that discuss an actual developed light fighter version. Also, I don't see any indication that the T-7A is AAR capable which would be a huge impediment to conducting an...

Joint development between KAI and Lockheed Martin (of course the GOC would ignore the LM part) Candidate for the USAF Advanced Tactical Trainer program and the USN Tactical Surrogate Aircraft & Undergraduate Jet Training System programs Link 16 AIM-9X and AIM-120 AMRAAM as well as Meteor...

I have high expectations that he'll attend the FIFA World Cup draw in Washington as scheduled. I'll be happy if it ends with that and no new random outbursts spew from his host. Anything positive out of the meeting beyond that is pure gravy to my mind.

So you'd be proposing something like this? 20 x FT-50's for the FLIT role 13 x T-50B's for the Snowbirds 40 x F-50's (20 each for Cold Lake and Bagotville) as the Tier 2 fighter for initial employment in the operational Wings So you'd be looking at something in the ballpark of 75-80...

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I continue to contend that part of the problem is that our fighter fleet is too small. It doesn't provide a large enough pool of pilots to cover all of our operational, training and administrative needs. While it may be difficult to get to that point I bet that a fleet closer to 130-150...