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I like this idea. A heavily subsidized civilian-military ship, and could use them in the north to help reduce the cost of shipping things up there (since the upkeep could be subsidized too). Reduced costs and fees for food, construction and infrastructure would allow for our North to be more...

Speaking of which, I know the RN uses M134s where we use C6s or HMG. Why not use them? The cost of capital ships is high enough to dedicate a little $ for something that'll do well for something close-up.

News that I can't quote here suggesting the PBO is looking at the CSC program and specific alternatives such as the FREMM proposition (rejected) and the Type 31 (Light Frigates as I think of them). FREMM proposition where Naval Group builds 3 or so in Europe and the rest at Irving but at a...

Fantastic reading, thanks for the interesting discussion everyone. Sad state when it's the military who shoots itself in the foot and not the gov't. Gov't rejection as an obstacle: Gov't of the day is apathetic towards the military, and views it as all gov'ts have (industrial support and...

Modern Battleships have been talked about alot in similar forums and blogs, to the general effect that they aren't worth it. Would a new CG/Ticonderoga not do the same job? Or do we just miss doing broadsides and having the prestige of a giant ship? You'd have to use up valuable ASW resources...

I was referring to the fact that it got this bad where this was the least terrible option.

Agreed. Although I think we should be putting industrial needs over military needs - based on our history. If it can fit/attach to a LAV, we buy it. We've hitched our military to the platform for at least another 20 years, might as well stretch it to fit as many gaps and roles as we can. I like...

Quebec shipyard is setting up an Arctic icebreaking research centre Centre to serve as hub for innovation in Canadian Arctic, Davie Shipyard executive says Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Aug 04, 2020 4:00 AM ET Good, should've been created years ago. This program should've brought...

A point i'd like to make is that why even bother having Canadian tanks in Europe at all? How many NATO tanks are there already in Europe? 1000s i'd say, and what would a small and expensive squadron really do there that a few dozen other countries' tanks couldn't? As an aside, what has...

I'm sorry if im overly critical of serving members, but why has nobody in the Navy spoken out about this terrible error in abiding by a political judgment that lacks common sense? Having continuously deteriorating ships at sea for long cannot be safe. What if we were to use these in a war in the...

Should be (if not secretly already) a national strategic facility and protected as such. Build and invest in its long-term survival and continue to fast-track any projects that could result in some work there. Would be different than Bombardier as its not almost wholly reliant on Fed money...

If I was GDLS-C i'd be pimping out all of the variants already. A LAV 6 IFV variant could be cobbled together. US Army already trialed many upgrades for survivability for their Stykers, so it shouldn't be too difficult to adapt and justify the expense. Justified by how heavy we use our LAVs, so...

Sums up with website a tad too well... Learning more about the Battle of Hong Kong, this reminds me of that situation. The set up, numbers, however you want to put it - isn't more than a garrison. Pessimistically, I view it as a reason for NATO civilians to get up and demand something if each...

This does not work. If the CBSA is 'aiming' at early-mid 20somethings to join straight from Uni/College, then this allowance would work in that specific demographic. If the CBSA want recruits with more life experience and maturity (a tad older generally speaking), then these policies serve to...

Dutch JSS Karel Doorman Set Sails To The Caribbean For COVID-19 Relief Mission The Royal Netherlands Navy's HNLMS Karel Doorman set sails for the Caribbean this morning. The Joint Logistic Support Ship (JSS) has been tasked by the Dutch Ministry of Defense to support civilian authorities in...

Atrocious. $20MM refit for a 57 yr old ship to sail 4 more years... Who is in charge here?? I really don't care if this was the cheapest option, this was not the way it should have gone.

More and more I find myself agreeing with the idea that the CAF should be run as a business. The business of protection lets say. If it were selling any product... shoes for example... this company would've lost its reputation, customers, and filed for bankruptcy already. A reasonable...

Kramp-Karrenbauer wants to partially dissolve KSK https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/ksk-teilaufloesung-101.html Right-wing extremism in the Bundeswehr Kramp-Karrenbauer provides KSK Ultimatum...

I'm with all/most of you on the armament side, however I have an assumption there was more than a 10 min discussion over the armament, so i'm sure the following was considered: - Cost, if we rolled in a partial re-design to accommodate a 57MM or any deck-penetrating deck gun, the cost and...

Meanwhile, our older brother is on to bigger things... Royal Australian Navy’s Entire Amphibious Force Operating Together For The First Time In a first, all three amphibious vessels of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), HMAS Canberra, HMAS Choules and HMAS Adelaide, sailed together in formation...