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Design factors to review.... initial capability within roughly a month .... https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-navy-seeks-rapid-counter-drone-capability-for-ships/ ... the Navy requires “a rapidly procured and installable Counter UAS capability suitable for maritime platforms to detect...

Talking about Scouts et al.: Somebody said something about giving him a youngster before he is 8 or so and he would give you the adult. Maybe my time in Cubs explains why a section of six feels right to me. 😀

If you want armour there is nothing to stop armouring the cab.

So Scouts and Guides to 16 with taxpayer support (hockey and soccer type tax credits?) and Cadets and Venturers for the 16 to 18 bracket with the Cadets tied to the Reserve pipeline? Jr Rangers a parallel system for the 12 to 18 in the remote areas (no change)? I would still like to see an...

One 8x8 truck for launching all missile types, both surface-surface and surface-air, as well as LAMs and UAVs, that could also port a Skyranger 30 or 35 or a 155mm AGM. The RCA is re-equipped. Each vehicle seems to be in the 5 to 10 MUSD apiece range.

200 + Boxer RCH155 https://thedefensepost.com/2025/12/12/germany-rch-155-howitzers/ But this is also possible.

Germany operating on the same scale as Poland. 500 local HIMARS knockoffs. https://defence-blog.com/germany-looks-to-buy-up-to-500-mars-3-launchers/ .... And bunches of Air Defence missile launchers as well. - 50 Systems (Batteries)...

https://www.fanucamerica.com/products/robots/series/r-2000 While the exact, proprietary manufacturing cost of a FANUC R-2000iC robot is not publicly disclosed, industry estimates for large, high-payload industrial robots suggest that the manufacturing cost is significantly lower than the list...

If 3-D printing is a threat to the OEM rice bowl there is a simple solution. OEM 3D printing at 3D printing prices. And hang on to your own printer for the day they fail. https://thedefensepost.com/2026/03/03/oshkosh-us-spare-parts-production/

@daftandbarmy Your mates are still going to get their pay. A parachute and a medal are still cheaper than an armoured brigade. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/no-change-to-british-military-parachute-training/

https://aviationweek.com/defense/budget-policy-operations/air-national-guard-raises-concerns-about-losing-fighter-missions “If we don’t have a strong recapitalization plan, those units may be looked at to divert into other missions outside of a flying mission,” she told reporters during a Feb...

I am trying to determine if these are cook-offs or negligent discharges. There is a clip of some Iranian saying they have lost control of their outlying positions and that they are now acting independently following the intent of the last order received. Mission Command IRGC style.

Actually, if you think about it, the Baden-Powell's Scouts and Guides were training soldiers. They still teach firearms safety and shooting. Their original uniform was expressly military in cut. As was the Boys' Brigade.

I was wondering how many times the IRGC went through the courts before engaging any target, Western, Christian, Jewish, Heathen, Atheist, Sunni, Sufi or Apostate.

Fair enough. She'll have to reach into the rack herself and draw the spare. Mind the water-cannon though.

Every vehicle. Standard equipment. Gun firing, gun firing, gun firing. Gun stops! Buddy with the gun does a reach around and hands you the inactive weapon and you hand her the functional one. Gun firing ...

Phew! I might hurt myself. 😁

That falls in line with other trends. Virtually everything in life is being delayed. Some folk will tell you that 28 is the new 18. Going backwards, I completed High School at 18. My parents completed High School at 15. At 15 1/2 Dad could have had his parents sign him up as a Boy Seaman...

When I came out west in 1980 I was warned that I could be enlisted to fight fires if I ran into one on the highway. That was anywhere from Ontario to Alberta.

How about, it is enough to build a well equipped maintenance and repair shop that can assemble tanks from components and train maintainers concurrently?