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Hmmm....line of sight to a drone at 20 km altitude is ~600 km. Can those drones get reliable satellite coverage that high up?

One guy...ONE GUY!....says at dinner he likes to wear his wife's underwear, and suddenly we're all labelled.  :facepalm:

Technically, that unlikely event would be an implosion.

And you don't know if your opponent is still in the game until they take your queen.

The Germans use fiber-optic cable, not wire. I doubt they have enough for a fish to actually travel 140 km. A 21" torpedo going 140km would need to go pretty slowly. A targets best move would probably be to just run like hell.

That would be an answer to the "ZOMG! It will cost bazillions!" crowd. The "toys for the boys" crowd will need to see a reason the RCAF needs that particular aircraft and no other will do. The Air Force and government haven't shown that yet.

A radio call of "Help I'm being oppressed!". And running away as fast as possible while the CF-whatevers deal with the problem. A radio call of "Help I'm being oppressed!". And then Rescue Stations followed by running away as fast as possible while the CF-whatevers deal with the problem...

Setting up an active fire control solution is considered extremely provocative to other submarines. Actually firing something "torpedo-like" would go well beyond that, and would probably trigger a counterfire from other naval units. This device is an ad to "Buy German" and is probably aimed at...

They'll be about as up to date as the CF-18's after their upgrade.

Lightweight torpedoes are around 500-750 pounds, but most submarines don't carry them. Normally they are moved around ships by a rail system pushed by a bunch of large weapons tech types.

Around 2-5 tons, depending on who's torpedoes you're talking about. The ones in the article would be towards the lighter end.

Not quite. The civil servants in other departments are seriously ticked off. Pushing this project ahead for the next couple of years against an uncooperative bureaucracy is going to be like pushing on a piece of rope.

The RAAF and USN have already ordered Super Hornets because of issues with slipping JSF deadlines. That tends to make reports the USN is considering further orders more convincing. Those are pretty much the same reasons they shouldn't have cancelled the F-22, and we all know how that worked out.

There have been a lot of reports from senior figures in the US on how they're hedging their bets with late models of current aircraft. Their fleets need to be re-capitalised, but with what remains to be seen. The line may never actually hit full production.

C'mon. That's got to be worth a nickel. I think they're great points.

Thats with the assumption that the aircraft will be in production. The line may or may not last that long, and thats entirely out of Canada's hands. Buying the attrition aircraft now is more expensive, but removes the risk that the line will be shut down early and the risk that the RCAF won't...

The exclusion is at least partially valid, depending on the timing of the hypothetical expeditionary force. Their presence at initial procurement is nice, but will they still be around at the time of a hypothetical deployment? If the deployment is the day they're delivered, then yes. If it's 36...

Because at some point in the next 36 years they are expected to crash. That point may be before or after they're actually needed for expeditionary operations, assuming those operations occur. I don't think anyone can reasonably predict exactly when the crashes are going to occur, only that...

A couple of links from the SOMNIA website. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/04/24/pol-f-35-cp-training-costs.html http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2012/04/23/conservative-government-wont-buy-14-additional-f-35s-anticipated-for-fleet/30548 So it's not really 65 aircraft, it's 65...

There's also moving to variable speed machinery. The Virginia class uses machinery that can be operated at different power levels rather than straight on/off. If they're going slow the pumps are barely ticking over while at flank speed the pumps are running full out.