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  1. Colin Parkinson

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    I think you are overthinking it, they will just throw them into a vault, and put out a contract to crush. melt them down.
  2. Colin Parkinson

    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    or the wars he ended......
  3. Colin Parkinson

    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    "Won't someone think of the children" (In high pitch karenese)
  4. Colin Parkinson

    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    Snowball, snowball.............
  5. Colin Parkinson

    Status of the US Navy

    It helps that VSY and VDC are near each other, meaning the union can also dispatch various trades to either site depending on the workload. Right now VDC, has the Tulley, a large US fishboat, two barges and BC Ferry in for repairs and maintenance, with all 3 drydocks in use. The downside for a...
  6. Colin Parkinson

    Police Officers doing good things

    80 year old saved one kid already
  7. Colin Parkinson

    GBAD - The return of 'FOBS'

    Two semi ad hoc SHORAD systems for Ukraine
  8. Colin Parkinson

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Technically we could station aircraft and personal onto the RN carriers, who would likely be quite happy to flesh out their air wings. However I am a crawl, walk, run guy and would want us to get something like a Mistral first to build up experience, you could have the fighters at the same time...
  9. Colin Parkinson

    Police Officers doing good things

    From 2023 but awesome job
  10. Colin Parkinson

    Status of the US Navy

    Shipyards are pretty merciless when it comes to laying off shipyard workers when there is no work or a lull in work, so it's on again, off again with no rhythm. That is part of the issue that the NSS is supposed to solve, is a steady enough work flow that a smaller set of workers can count on...
  11. Colin Parkinson

    Status of the US Navy

    They are also short tankers, AOR's and other specialized ship. MSC have about 125 ships, recently laying up 17 to improve crewing and time off for the remaining crews. This from 4 years ago touches on some of the issues
  12. Colin Parkinson

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Numbers mean squat. If it was purely numbers, no one would give a sh*t about gays and such as they represent a even smaller subset About 1.3 million Canadians (4.4% of those 15+) identify as part of the 2SLGBTQI+ community, with youth representing a larger proportion than in the general...
  13. Colin Parkinson

    LAV 6.0

    Except in the Ukraine context battlefield evacuation is more likley by a UGV or a small pickup dashing in and running away quickly, if the causality is lucky.
  14. Colin Parkinson

    Trump administration 2024-2028

    AI overview Greenland has few active mines but significant untapped mineral potential, with the Lumina anorthosite mine being the main producer, alongside the restarting Nalunaq gold mine; major deposits of rare earths, uranium, zinc, and iron exist, but development faces major infrastructure...
  15. Colin Parkinson

    Public service employment has grown by 31 per cent

    Talking to my ex-workmates at the boatshow, they are all waiting to see what's coming, likley not as bad as the previous "Workforce adjustment" but now would not be a good time to make a major purchase if you work in government.
  16. Colin Parkinson

    New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

    You have a life, steady schedule, a generally happy workplace.
  17. Colin Parkinson

    New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

    For some time, the CCG college certificates were not international recognized and to go through the Panama canal they would have to hire Merchant marine Captains to do the trip.
  18. Colin Parkinson

    2025 U.S. - Venezuela conflict

    Also a good way to keep the opposing force from being alerted of your intentions, let everything be normal, till it isn't.
  19. Colin Parkinson

    Iran Super Thread- Merged

    For now, but the equation in Iran has changed and the regime must retain a tight grip on it's population to the point that it will kill the economy and cause Iran to lose the ability to influence the region. I suspect also that armed insurgency will grow. It would have been better for the regime...
  20. Colin Parkinson

    Iran Super Thread- Merged

    Yes with their track record The gold treasure of National Bank of Romania that was sent to Moscow
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