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Likely about the same as people rolling around Afghanistan in MLs and Bisons did... Let's no pretend the fighter community is the only community that has to deal with potential risks from older platforms. Its a reality faced by every element of every military, even the Americans have old kit.

That's definitely a prime example. As much as people on here want to dismiss public opinion and jobs claims, they matter. They likely matter more than actual capability, right up until the shooting starts in a peer conflict. All major procurement projects are political to some degree. The...

I predict the public appetite for spending on defence will wither long before we need to worry about 6th gen fighters, particularly if defense dollars are heading out of country while jobs are being lost here.

Canada still has all of those things... The "militia" names have changed, but otherwise all of that exists.

True, and many countries do much worse. We can be better, a lot better, but we aren't that far off the norm. Nobody can compare to the Americans, except the Chinese, when it comes to numbers. Keeping the comparisons more reasonable, 12 surface combattants isn't that small compared to most...

You'd think they would jave learned from the Brits in 1982...

All navies have similar issues, the ocean is not nice to fancy high tech systems. We dont make it better by not investing as much as we should in maintenance, but we are also not alone in that. We just don't spend time other navy's forums to read about their issues.

Fair point, but the GoC also had asks beyond the resources provided. Who bears the brunt of the blame, an institution asked to do more with less, or the institution asking for more while providing less?

Equipment commonality with NATO partners makes sense. Choosing to go all-in on American make little sense apart from making the CAF an auxiliary of the Americans. The reason the 51st state foolishness hit as hard as it did, is there is/was a grain of truth to the insult. For generations Canada...

I'm guessing because he was asked, so he gave the official GoC response...

No, the CAF is always in crisis mode because it has been chronically underfunded for decades. You can't make-up for that shortfall in a year, and you can't make-up for the total shortfalls by purchasing kit that is unlikely to ever be used, before you buy kit that is needed now. The RCN...

The problem with that would be the CAF would be indistinguishable from the UA to both friends and foes. Essentially, the CAF would be an auxiliary to the US Military. We go that route, and all defence industries in Canada would dry up, because America is going to protect American jobs first. It...

Gathering Int, sure. I'm guessing they did it with far more sophistication than the random guy popping in and asking what everybody is doing with their prohibs, seeing the vitriol sent their way, then peacing out. Chances are, if the RCMP or others are on CGN, they are the under the radar guys...

CGN is an absolute cesspit of conspiracy thinking, and wackjob views of pretty much everything. I poked into the OIC ban sub-forum, and regret wasting my time there. There are users there convinced the government is sending in plants to ask questions about the buy-back, to encourage others...

Sometimes the CAF has earned every ounce of cynicism that is directed at it. In this case, I said it because the people I work with say it all the time... I'm well aware that it isn't the primary reason the F-35 was chosen, but it was definitely part of the reason. Also, sometimes "leading...

I know what he means, and that doesn't change the reality that buying a bunch of systems to store "just in case" is a far lower priority than buying systems for use right now. The CA, the people most likely to actually needs CUAS systems, have none. There is a zero percent chance the RCN will...

The cynic in me says because the USAF has F-35s, and the RCAF always first asks "how can we be more like the USAF?" But thats just my experience working with people indoctrinated into the RCAF.

Again, there are other priorities for the money. The CA completely lacks GBAD, how likely do you think it is that the RCN will get GBAD/CUAS systems for warehouses before the CA gets those systems for the troops in Latvia? Once the CA has systems and figures out what works, it makes sense...

That goes back the core problem with police and the military. The potential for an unpredicted attack is omni-present. Police don't patrol in APCs, despite attacks on police happening far more frequently than random attacks on warships/naval vessels. There was/is little reason to put...

It's not just potential, it's probability. The probability of an attack is low, so AOPVs can go to those places. Even a combatant ship can be taken out by an attack out of nowhere, because you don't sail closed-up at action stations at all times.