It is the curse of Canadian Defence procurement .
We tend to not only purchase less then absolute minimum but most often will cut those purchases to even smaller levels .
It's small wonder that our operatiing costs tend to exceed those of our allies operatiing similar equipment.
From what Ive been reading and hearing . It turns out that the device in question had been turned over the ....wait for it !
The Department of Homeland Security.
Supposedly for testing and use against Mexican cartel drones ,which actually do exist and are a real threat (albeit minor at...
We also have to relearn the concept of time as near as I can tell currently CF when it comes to deployments Immediately seem to be a fairly nebulous concept as in anytime within 6 to 8 months..
I hate to even think it. But I suspect the Chinese might decide to err on the side of their own security and basically level any military target on the West Coast.
For which I fairly sure they'll be quite apologetic.
It might also be done as a warning for us to remain neutral.
Actually we lost the ability to design in house just after we completed the 280's. And to be honest I suspect a fair bit of the City class design probably went out of country.
I can still the Jr . Ranks was where I purchased my first beer or at least semi legal beer.
It's funny for the longest time I still couldn't believe that on top of all this funstuff they were actually paying me !
Especially as NDHQ changes it mind as to the importance of the North more often then some people change socks.
An old friend of mine now passed on used to tell a story of trying sell arctic capable gear in the early 70s and being told point blank in a letter the DND had absolutely no interest...
Light doesn't begin to cover it . Somewhere there's a picture of another one of the family a Scorpion.in Norway mid 70's. There's a guy standing next to it. He is literally hip deep in the same snow drift that the scorpion is sitting on.
There's also a lot video of both Spartans and Scimitars...
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