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Spain is stuck between a rock and a hard place, where they need the F-35B to replace their aging Harrier fleets aboard their amphibious vessels, but they don’t want to buy an American aircraft. They could retrofit drones to them but it’s nowhere near the same capability. Portugal has flip...

The Finnish design doesn’t meet the requirements to maximize Canadian equipment content and involve domestic Canadian design teams, which is one of the reasons why Topshee seems to be pushing for the adoption of a new ship design.

Interim NDP leader Don Davies has come out and urged the Prime Minister to adopt the Gripen, that joke basically writes itself.

I think I mentioned before that it’s much worse than even a rumour, it’s totally unsubstantiated with no even sort of hint as to where it came from. A split like that would be utterly nonsensical as people have described previously. I hope the RCAF does get greenlit for additional fighter...

Because stealth is a gamechanger for fighter aircraft survivability and is basically the basic starting point of any nation serious about their defence in 2026. Stealth isn't a binary on and off switch, it's integrated into every design aspect of the F-35 and makes detection by enemy ground...

The Danish 76mm guns/mount stockpiles seem to be from likely the 1970's to 1980's, and very likely seems to have been a combination of improper maintenance or breakdowns due to age. From what I can see, the mounts/guns off the Halifax are partially original as BAE Systems received a contract to...

The problem likely isn't on OTO Melara, but on the Dane's given they reused very old models and seemingly didn't properly maintain the mounts/ammunition. It's very telling that the Danes went out and purchased brand new 76mm guns and mounts for their ships after being thoroughly embarrassed in...

This is why we all should be careful about getting caught up in the mentality that everything we do is bad, and everything other parties do is much better. The Nordic countries get an exceptional amount of good press for many of their warships and naval procurements, but the reality is there is...

People really don't realize why the F-35 is such a chunky aircraft, it doesn't have external fuel tanks because it carries an ungodly amount of fuel internally as standard. The F-35A carries something like 20% more fuel internally than Gripen E does with its internal fuel and three drop tanks...

I've said it countless times here but sitting back on our laurels and expecting the only threats we will be facing for the next 30-50 years to be Bears and escorting Russian 4th gen fighters is very poor planning. Even if that was the only threat we will ever face, you do not plan for an even...

Self Defence length Mark 41 was never actually produced for a customer, and seems to have been entirely discontinued by 2026. Mark 56 VLS is also a legacy Cold War system that specializes in placement aboard very small vessels/ships without space, it is a sub-optimal system and likely will not...

My mistake, I wasn't aware we sent CPF's through during that. They really don't have the required armament and magazine depth to be a worthwhile asset there.

Another argument is that the Army and Navy are seeing all of the political and economic will to expand the CAF, and have pounced on it to a pretty aggressive degree. Many of their plans are optimistic to say the least and are likely to see many cuts, especially as a lot of things aren't funded...

Unlike the Army and Navy, the Airforce has not released, talked or even let rumours slip about additional fighter buys. Everything has pointed to the 88 order being carried forward, with not a peep to the contrary. Let me know when we hear literally anything to the contrary, and I'll change my...

https://removepaywalls.com/https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-sources-say-ottawa-considering-swedish-jets-over-f-35s-for-half-of-fleet A total unsubstantiated nothingburger from NP and can't say I'm especially surprised. The whole article is nationalist muck raking without much...

Nulka decoy launchers

The UK Type 26 is going to need all of the RCS minimization it can get given its lack of general capabilities lol.

Yes, AOPS has their hands full as it is between their own duties and now taking on MCDV duties. Doing CPF duties is totally untenable.

AOPS shouldn't be sent anywhere where it is vulnerable to the threats your describe, just like how we did not send CPF's into the Red Sea as they were not adequately able to deal with the threat environment at hand. Putting a 57mm gun aboard the ships isn't sufficient insurance to risk valuable...

My problem with this attitude is that even if you put a larger gun on the AOPS, it fundamentally cannot be used as a placeholder for the kinds of operations where the CPF's are required. AOPS is not a combatant and even if you festooned the entire vessel with electronic warfare systems, decoys...