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It would depend on the supply chains for the plant. Assuming they would use GM's, or Ford's supply chains is a bit silly. You know KIA is owned by Hyundai right? So a new Hyundai factory in Canada could make KIA military vehicles as well...

Umm... It sems you missed the point, so I'll make it clearer. The RCN and other NATO navies are far more automated and operate with far fewer crew than the USN to do the same tasks. When the USN makes an announcement about reducing crew, it means they are getting to where the rest of us were...

Korean answer to the silliness of pretending USVs will replace combatants. It's at best a technology demonstrator, because no serious nation is putting modern AESA radars and all of those weapons on a ship that some random fishermen can board. That's because you don't understand the...

Go easy on the men of straw, and save some windmills for Don Quixote!

This is a disingenuous argument... ICE officers face a unique problem created in equal parts by the Trump Admin, and Dems who are looking to create a "relatable" enemy.

On a slight tangent, I'd love to see the Kia Tasman make an appearance here. Its essentially a mid-full-size body-on-frame truck for the international market. The Elantra cut into Honda's Civic sales, maybe the Tasman could cut into Tacoma or Colorado sales.

It certainly looks like jumpy/spooked ICE officers got a bit too frisky when they didn't need to.

Only after the Shah is running the show.

Did MAX switch from OneWeb? Thats what we had when I was sailing in her in 2024.

It's a beautiful place and I love visiting, but I doubt there aren't many parallels between Mexico/Central America and Singapore. I doubt the people of Mexico are willing to live under Singapore-like conditions. Fair point, but they do still have a presence/influence, and would likely find a...

I think you're too optimistic, cartels have lost senior people before and have become more violent. As long as there is demand for drugs, somebody will supply those drugs, and secure their supply/monopoly with violence. I 100% agree, but suspect it wouldn't be limited to Americans and wouldn't...

I'm pretty sure MCM is one of the tasks the CRCN was talking about using civilian owned, or civilian style OSVs to accomplish.

Every government in the world looking at spending 60 Billion is looking to make those dollars come back home in some way. We are no different than any other country looking to spend that amount. Canada wants subs. The RoK and Germany want to sell subs. Canada is doing what all of us do when we...

Yeah, from both angles it appears that she panicked and tried to get away... Not the best move, but not entirely unreasonable. It's a shitty situation for the woman and the officers that shot at her.

It's not really a stretch, it's pretty in-line with what the US has proposed for Ukraine. What is a stretch though, is pretending that anything happening now is "business as usual" in regards to the last 80+ years. That 2000 years ago empires clashed is not relevant to todays politics...

According to the RCAF and F-35 lobbyists we can't work in NORAD without American kit... Or at least that's the impression they have been working hard to make.

You'll get no argument from me, I was just thinking in terms of the reality that our MPA, and tactical airlift are both full of ITAR kit, as are our ships and I presume land systems.

Which is why going completely away from ITAR is not a realistic option. The rest of the RCAF and CAF are full of ITAR components. That said, like with most things in life; If you think you might have a problem with something, cutting back rather than quitting cold turkey is a good start. See my...

And some are below what they cost 13 years ago...

Just like I don't take SAAB's claims at face value, I don't take the former chief marketer of the F-35's pushed opinions at face value either. Have you considered that it isn't "emotional", and that people accept that the RCAF would end up with a less capable aircraft, but Canada would be less...