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Glad to hear that you are an optimist. You usually share my cynicism.

Further to this, My current pre-1913 fascination has brought me here. The 1885 Rebellion was largely the result of a single Militia Squadron, the North West Mounted Rifles out of Prince Albert and Duck Lake. They were natives and metis that signed on to the government pay roll and then were...

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-warship-downs-drones-and-missiles-off-uk-coast/ Maybe the Navies should take the lead on this layered air defense co-ordination stuff. They have been playing the game IRL while the Armies and Air Forces seem to have been wishing it all away and pointing...

https://spacenews.com/golden-dome-to-require-unprecedented-coordination-between-u-s-combatant-commands/ And others apparently. Pentagon now has to include its 5 principals, DHS, FAA and local LEOs in its decision matrix. All in the time between a threat is perceived and a friendly target is...

Pentagon clears new CUAS rules in December. CBP uses military system to shoot down drone in January Military shoots down CBP drone in February. Good news....the technology works. Bad news....how do people feel about ICE?

New toy for the Vital Points Guards.... https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/rheinmetall_selects_minigun_as_optimal_counter_drone_weapon_and_unveils_rcws_320c_uas-17632.html I can see it now. Your typical, bored security guard, sitting at his desk as his monitor show 12 cameras and half a...

WRT hardening infrastructure there is a Quebec based company that should make a killing out of its dual use civil-military catalog https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/products/air-defence-systems/networked-air-defence-skynex Keep the heavy stuff in storage until the day war breaks out then add the...

I agree. Absolutely and 100%. I am suggesting that it might not be unreasonable for somebody to assemble within our borders a hybrid warfare group of about those sizes equipped with the latest gadgetry. A force of that size would still require a trained active service brigade/brigade group to...

Batoche - 350 Metis, Cree and Lakota Loon Lake - 150 Metis and Cree Duck Lake - about 300 Red River - about 400 Oka - 75 to 600 Each of those incidents required direct action by a brigade or so. Securing post offices, factories, stations, airports, ... the job of Perrin Beatty's Vital...

https://aviationweek.com/defense/budget-policy-operations/us-army-aviation-doubles-down-autonomy-vision "A future U.S. Army rotorcraft fleet could include an autonomous version of the Bell MV-75 tiltrotor, optionally piloted versions of other U.S. Army rotorcraft, a large uncrewed aircraft...

Closer to the subject: https://breakingdefense.com/2026/02/exclusive-air-force-to-approve-t-7-trainer-production-within-days/ Will we buy a Swedish-American trainer? .... Interests and friendships.

https://breakingdefense.com/tag/afa-warfare-symposium-2026/ An opportunity for those skilled at reading between the lines. Any one of the articles is interesting. All of them together, mixed and matched, open up all sorts of possibilities. Sensor Fusion E7 prototypes but no commitment to a...

And here's as fine a bit of Irish as I have had the good pleasure of seeing in a while.... Slainte mhor, micks. https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/02/24/ireland-to-deepen-co-operation-with-france-and-britain-to-protect-seas/ I am sure the Royal Navy appreciates the privilege.

We have been planning on slotting into someone else's army since 1858 when we raised the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot for foreign service in the hope it would bring the British to our aid again in the event the American's got frisky...

Layers Start with waves, progress to wave-particles and onwards to particles. If you can throw it, it is part of the solution.

It depends on if they read any Scottish history.... "The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) were a unique British Army regiment with deep roots in the Presbyterian Covenanters of 17th-century Scotland, known for a distinctive tradition of posting armed guards during church services. This practice...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_company Loyalty is so over-rated, don't you think?

"The Air Force does need more airpower... "...Persistent presence requires large numbers of lower-cost drones that can absorb losses, deep stockpiles of low-cost munitions that can sustain fires over time, and uncrewed aerial refuelers that can keep fighters and bombers over target areas...