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I'm one of those that believes that the advantages of a crewed helicopter on the CDC (and AOPS) outweigh the disadvantages. Not just for ASW but for transport, liaison, SAR, medevac, etc. If the CDC's and AOPS are going to be operating in the far north they will not always have quick support...

Well that sounds like an easy to solve problem.

Maybe a series of 4-block Sea Ceptor launchers?

This opinion?

As you've noted it will be quite some time before we have the fleet available to do what we want/need it to do. We do however have other assets available to prosecute our most significant potential naval threat - submarines. We have the Aurora's with P-8s and MQ-9b's coming. We have the...

To clarify...the Government is willing to fund?

From AI overview:

Would you have to maintain "certification" across ten different provincial regimes (plus territories)? If as a civilian I get a Certificate in Business Administration say from Georgian College in Barrie, ON I don't have to then turn around and get any sort of equivalency certificate or matching...

Are these signs that China may be getting more serious about a military action against Taiwan? https://defence-blog.com/russia-signals-support-for-china-if-taiwan-war-breaks-out/ https://defence-blog.com/china-launches-large-scale-joint-drills-around-taiwan/...

A new RCN terrorist chant..."From the River(class) to the CDC's"?

This is from an interview from the Canadian Defence Review:

Horses for courses. Why the obsession with wanting to replace one system that works with another?

Would it make sense for the TacHel units to get MH-60S's instead of UH-60's to give additional commonality (identical engine to the MH-60R) and then then entire utility fleet would be marinized to be able to use the AOPS/JSS as "lily pads" for joint operations. I'm sure the MH-60S is more...

It would seem to me that there are advantages to both as each is best suited for certain uses in certain areas. Best for Canada to aim to become an Electro-Petro State.

Keep in mind that the AW101 isn't a new type for us...it's the CH-149 Cormorant that we use for SAR. It's also the in-use NATO MH (RN Merlin) that most closely aligns to the way we operate MH ASW.

I think there are multiple potential options available. AW101 to replace the Cyclone on the River-class and MH-60R/MH-60S or AW159 for AOPS and CDC MH-60R/MH-60S for the River-class, AOPS and CDC MH-60R/MH-60S for the River-class and AW159 for AOPS and CDC 2 x AW159 for the River-class and...

Armoured and automated. You can't look at just the gun but the entire system. Tracked vs. wheeled. ROF. Rounds on board. Re-loading system. K9 has 48 rounds on board (vs 21 for Archer) and K10 carries 104 additional rounds (and 504 charges) and can transfer 12 rounds per minute (automated...

The K10?

There certainly seem to be a lot of big picture questions that should be answered very soon as we have a lot of balls in the air that depend on the answers....Cyclone replacement, AOPS and CDC aviation plans, Griffon replacement, a possible BHS etc. One concern I have when people talk about UAV...

I'm just trying to understand your proposal of the Netherlands for a Canadian F-35 base over Denmark. I get the historical connection between the Netherlands and Canada but to my mind the current logic points to Denmark. Denmark currently has rotational military forces serving in the...