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https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/rcmp-investigating-reports-of-former-canadian-air-force-members-training-pilots-in-china/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63293582 In a world where nothing really matters...

It is not just at this point in time unfortunately. It seems to be endemic. I think the last time that anybody said anything definitive it was about buying 12 nuclear subs. Which were countermanded. And nobody has done anything that silly ever again.

We are good at reading between the lines. It seems to be difficult to read what is on the lines.

How so? TTPs or METT-TC will vary but the fundamental concept of using available technologies to maximum benefit over the largest area with the fewest resources applies. The fewer people you have to expend holding an area the more people you can keep off the line and available for hasty and...

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-85-of-babies-in-2026-will-be-born-in-asia-and-africa/ We are few and have lots of stuff, including space and water. They are many and lack stuff. If we want to protect our elbow room and our lifestyle then we better figure out how to supply them stuff...

Isn't an MQ-9B a slow moving super long range vehicle? Why not a fast moving super long range vehicle? On shore we have gone from battalions max range of 5 km based on their mortars to sections being equipped with 30 km LAMs that can translate into 20 minutes of endurance. They can be paired...

How close do you want to approach the target? At what range does the target become a threat to the obsever? And range equals endurance, you give up range to gain loitering time. The problem becomes worse if you don't want to leave ordnance and million dollar vehicles scttered around and want...

I'm thinking about all these autonomous sensors that seem to be the flavour of the day. Even if we are talking about ship-board weapons there seems likely to be a coverage gap due to lack of sufficient crewed assets. The ships are going to be covering very larve areas. Unless we start...

Unless, perhaps, it can be updated in flight and stooge around the area for a bit?

And more speed https://www.wsj.com/opinion/eram-missile-pentagon-defense-russia-94ee5581

Speed.... https://en.defence-ua.com/news/germany_receives_first_patria_66_apcs_just_two_months_after_signing_the_contract_defense_express-17613.html

https://breakingdefense.com/2026/02/marines-aim-to-be-cjacd2-fast-follower-with-dynamis-series-of-c2-experiments/ Lots of expensive, justifiable, play time.

https://breakingdefense.com/2026/02/california-wargames-show-armys-electronic-weakness-and-a-human-fix/ "Army brigades are struggling to overcome electronic warfare and AI-generated disinformation in wargames at the National Training Center, a Rhode Island-sized swathe of the Mojave Desert...

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/02/24/we-dont-have-infantry-ukraines-war-machine-evolves-into-machine-war/ "Commanders describe brigades hollowed out to half strength or worse. Frontline units often operate at 50% to 60% of authorized manning, some as low as 30%. "In some...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/02/u-s-army-to-accelerate-fielding-of-1000-km-anti-ship-prsm/ I heard some discussion about why the Army would spend money on long range fires that could be supplied by the air force or the navy. For starters they don't need to burn gas just to stand...

ABM appeals to fans of US football. Highly centralized, time taken to think things out, a set piece plan to follow. Rugby is sustained, decentralized aggression performed by 15 intelligent co-operating nodes, any one of which can be bypassed and the play continues. Rather than a single E7/E8...

Funny that. I often wondered who was going to pay us all to be park wardens as we protected Canada's environment.

Have you met a lawyer? Permanent deals?

We have been here before. 1913 the US was an unpredictable frenemy and neither their borders nor ours were secure. There was open warfare in Mexico on south. The Indian question was still open. Labour strife settled with Gatling guns.... New towns less than ten years old with new people...

"In 2026 terms, the cost to train a combat-ready USAF fighter pilot ranges broadly from approximately $7 million to nearly $17 million per aviator, depending on aircraft type and inflation methodology."...