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I expect that USS Kennedy will be renamed USS Donald J Trump at commissioning. Can’t have it named after a Democratic president. The frigate naming: USS Ivanka, Ivana, Marla, Melania, Tiffany, Ghislaine, Jeffrey, Don Jr, Eric, Barron….

Capt Kooiman, “The boat will be going into a short work period to repair some defects and to modernize some equipment and then once she’s done that short work period she’ll be going out again.” Yeesh! Double speak for, we didn’t do a good job in the last 14 years so we’ll waste 10 more years on...

The Golden ‘White House’, Golden Dome and now the Golden Fleet. Where’s Gold Member ? At the 2min mark the Admiral could have been talking about Constellation class before Navsea decided to change everything. 2:26 Halifax class centre screen.

The advantage of our new tankers is that they can transfer fuel using both methods and thus support a broader selection of aircraft making them useful for both NORAD and NATO. And the A330 booms work unlike the KC46.

It helps both SAAB & L3 , but SAAB has been bending over backwards to get Canadas attention. L3 Phoenix system will be a harder sell to Canada or Europe since it’s Israeli and American. Not sure why you believe that the roof (upper fuselage) is the only place for a “receptacle’ unless you’re...

Looks like the government is giving SAAB a hand to securing the AEWC contract with funding Bombardier to look at air to air refueling. https://skiesmag.com/news/rcaf-to-acquire-six-bombardier-global-6500-multi-role-aircraft/ The RCAF will also seek air-to-air refueling to extend the range, a...

Impersonating a cop:

“The investigation began in 2024” , that’s an incredible amount of time to pass before being charged. And when did the unauthorized disclosure actually occur? How long was he faking a disease? Can’t wait to see the news coverage.

Like the SAAB proposal for Swordfish

From Defense News: The government proposes to parliament to increase the cost framework for Norway’s submarine program by 46 billion kroner to cover the expense of adding two boats, it said in a statement on Friday. Norway will help finance a second production line in Germany to ensure the new...

They are building another factory

Likely the result of the “Peace Dividend “ following the end of the Cold War. Countries slashed their defense budgets and lost much of the skilled labour, researchers, project planers and engineers needed to run complex projects.

There is no F/T-7 variant. Given all the delays to the trainer, I don’t believe USAF ever issued an RFI for a fighter variant.

E2 also doesn’t have any range. It would require a dedicated tanker.

From USNI news: Korea Submarine Update On Wednesday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said the Republic of Korea Navy wants to build its planned fleet of nuclear-powered attack boats at home rather than in the U.S. Speaking to foreign reporters in Seoul, Lee affirmed comments last month...

From the journal 4 Domes were fabricated: Windsor , Corner Brook, Victoria and 1 spare.

The fact that most of our fleets are viewed as antiques certainly doesn’t help. The RCAF is trying to attract recruits in their 20’s to fly aircraft that are in their 30’s or older. Good grief. The same can be said about the navy and army. We don’t even have enough housing for the current...

I’m not sure what Bay class you are referring to. The current CCG bay class has 18 vessels in service with 2 more coming. Built by Hike Metal & Wheatley Chantier. https://inter-j02.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fdat/vessels/152

Seaspan posted a video of Preserver’s bow being moved into place:

And how old are your friends.? I always thought the Japanese were the longest living people. How wrong I am, they were right here all along. But then my mother is 101 and still going.