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Heck, maybe a frigate will have to be early retired (as 5 RCN ships have already) and it'll free up even more people. Problem solved. No input from anyone on how to fix recruitment and retention, just the same excuses ('rona, misconduct). Nothing on making the CF a better place to work for...

I'll defend, Lets stop waiting for the solution to our procurement woes rely on: A majority of Canadians becoming highly interested in the state of the CF in levels unseen since...WW2? We can organise a centralized body charged with efficiently and apolitically controlling procurement that...

Why not depoliticise procurement altogether? Start with a "Canadian Shipbuilding Commission", a Commission of public/private body of strategists/highly experienced strategists to dictate RCN, CCG key capabilities. Capabilities that must be studied, released, independantly strutinzed to X degree...

Could we not do this at least? Estonian army should receive six M270A1 MLRS by 2024 POSTED ON THURSDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2021 15:53 Source

Serious question. Would keeping the CDN Grippen plant open be a good idea long-term??? My assumptions for arguments sake: On one hand, we get the ability to produce and maintain our own fighters, a key strategic capability that's new. If we go F-35 and WW3 kicks off we'd be sharing a production...

Going 'full CASR'.

Yup, it also tells everyone that we only do things if we get a net benefit for it. "No UNSC seat? Then why bother??"

We won't be buying in to those cheap Blackhawks unfortunately, IMO. I sincerely believe we don't buy certain US mil vehicles due to missing out on a photo op with a distinctly Canadian vehicle. Gov't would imagine avg joe seeing a HUMVEE in the news on an international mission and assume its a...

Lots of concurrent conversations in the Future Helicopters thread, can we combine the threads?

The future of Bell in Canada depends on whether it can develop a new utility helicopter that could fill the market gap. How many countries like us have old utility rotary wing aircraft that need replacing but FVL options are too new/expensive. Can Bell design a military helicopter? Sub in some...

Ya ya but you know what I mean... Or spend money (sorry, nothings cheap) and work with allies and make the next LAV 8 or APC family. It's the same thing with Bell (or Viking), build a recent/next generation that our friends are looking to buy too. Decide to only buy in-service or allied...

...Or even the next 10 years that it would take to get the project start to the first build. I mentioned in other threads, but pick a few capabilities and tell industry that if they stay in Canada and even loosely meets our needs, we'll build it. Commit to: Canadian assembly, continuous...

Kings of half-***ed 'solutions'. I'm trying to watch.... did anyone here watch the whole thing? Any good parts? How else would you keep this company happy in Mirabel? We're too cheap to rebuild them into Venoms, too cheap for new ones. We won't even replace the 3 we've lost (as per vid), let...

Just let me keep my optimism that we'd at least have a coherent plan that is a part of an overall strategy and not kick this can (along with many others) down the road. I'm hedging my bets on things we already could reasonably build (with excessive fine print) or buy from companies with even a...

Since when would we pick any alternative to a Canadian-made option? At least CAF planners should work with our +150 year history of doing so, or domestic industry not sell their product more aggressively? If we somehow already made SSKs and fighters in Canada you think we wouldn't've already...

I don't think it was a coincidence... I think someone got surprised that they got away with a tongue-in-cheek joke. Its a gamble for Bell to be chosen, and I doubt we'd want to pick another sikorsky product... And we would be that guy who has yet another orphan fleet of Bell products. At...

With SAR being proven so valuable, a beefing up of our rotary wing capability should be an easy win for the RCAF if they really pushed for it. Could help in SAR and be great for all the future LENTUS's (or Lentusi?) How more valuable would another 2 squadrons of Chinooks be? Would be a boon for...

Judging from their website, Colt Canada doesn't manufacture pistols in Canada, so would CZ just have to fly CZ or Colt pistol machinery over or build a copy here. Either way, I can't imagine much of a difference in cost.

Some excellent ideas here. If I may add some random thoughts: *I gotta say, as sad as this scenario is, at least this gov't has a cohesive national security strategy and is bold enough to actually enact it!! Moving on... A gov't people first policy for the new CF: a boom in military housing...

My stated idea for a plan would allow for us to start with LA Classes and slowly add more to the fleet as we had enough of a stable crew roster to support the hulls. Work our way up the Blocks until we get to 6, in a decade or two, and by then we could find out if we want new US built Virginia...