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If I was on the ground, I think I would be a little hesitant to have that much unfuzedsolid ammo going up in the air, knowing gravity would dictate it also would come back down.  I'd much rather programmable 35mm or 40mm ammo going up and smaller tungsten pellets coming back down. By the way...

The CV90 has a 40mm AA turret and the Koreans have an interesting turret called K30 Biho which has a gun-missile combination, which might be options depending upon max turret weight on the LAV 6.

Have they disclosed max turret weight for the LAV 6? I was just going to see if I could find turret info for various SPAAG turrets already in use to see what would be possible vs impossible (in the context of our GBAD thread). That is in advance, M.  :salute:

So why do we have to reinvent the wheel ourselves? Why can't we identify an ally and say: "Hey we see you guys are still doing this with ______ gear, and we'd like to need bring a unit up to speed asap.  Can we send a team to you to get trained up on your systems?" ???

Well, the fact it exists in the guys running their missile program, is definitely a bad thing... 

We need to be more strategic with government-to-government deals. Canada agrees to buy $3 billion in new submarines from Australia and in exchange Australia agrees to buy $1 billion in new LAV 6's with 30mm guns and $2 billion in SCC's from Canada. :salute:

Don't underestimate the Iranian's hate for the Jew's either. Not sure if anyone else saw it, but there was a satellite photo published in last couple of days that shows they were using a Star of David as the target for their latest surface-to-surface missile test. Can you imagine if the...

I apologize because I do not remember where I read it to cite, but I did read an op-ed that claimed upwards of 80% of Assad's effective ground combat units were now non-Syrian (the majority being Iranian). I think in any future Assad territory, it's guaranteed there will be IRGC bases ensuring...

At the time of the dinosaurs, the time of earth's greatest bio-density, it is estimated that CO2 was at 5 times current levels.  I have yet to see a debate if returning to that level of abundant life is necessarily a bad thing.  On the contrary, it could be argued that to sustain even our...

I have 2 issues with the current "climate change" hypers. 1.  No one ever talks about the benefits of what the planet looked like when it was warmer in terms of agricultural productivity. 2.  No one ever talks about the opportunity cost of NOT reallocating more of our "environmental budget"...

Stuff like this makes me crazy: "The grant required by the [request for proposals] would permit Canada and [Irving Shipbuilding Inc.] to use 'background' intellectual property supplied pursuant to the [request for proposals] to compete with the bidder supplying the intellectual property for...

Doesn't the "B" model have significantly reduced range due to the lift fan taking the place of internal fuel? :salute:

I'm totally out of my lane here, but a few questions to ponder re: the US-weapons concern: 1.  What is the value of our current inventory?  As is "Do we have enough value locked up in inventories to make this a concern?" 2.  How out of date is it?  As in "Are the versions of weapons we have in...

I think this whole thing is going from "Anything but the F-35" to "Anything but the Super Hornet."  Very interested to see how this all plays out.... The pessimist in me is expecting that after the much celebrated "interim buy", the Liberals will recognize the short-term optics advantage of...

Slightly different version of events than what the US released. Based on historical precedents, I'm at the point where I assume the Russians are lying about everything, until proven otherwise....

A new Minister of Defense appointment could give the Liberals the political freedom to change direction on the interim purchase. Crossing fingers.... :salute:

I really hope the Liberals surprise us and when asked about the apparent change in policy simply reply:  "Yes our policy is changing as our situation has changed.  We're now doing our best due diligence in the best interests of our armed forces and all Canadians."  It's a perfectly rational...

I hope he gets publicly blasted for that lease comment - that's a bald faced lie and he knows it.

I think one of the issues most people will gloss over is that PM May said they disrupted 5 "credible" attack plans since the Manchester attack. If that is true, and each group had its own support structure, the claim that these violent beliefs reside in only a tiny (and heretical) portion of...

The more I read, the more I am baffled that the CPC allowed a special interest group to make protection of supply--side agricultural monopolies as the tipping point in the nomination. That is just ridiculous .... :facepalm: