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I think this article has some good points on Canada's role in the world, and raises a good question on the similarities between the F-35 and the A-400. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/story_print.html?id=6469192&sponsor=

It looks like Air Vice Marshal Osley cried "classified" when something damaging to the program looked like it was getting out. I don't see how a variation on "We're going to run away really quick if we're seriously outgunned" would have been all that damaging to security.

We got an OD stoker on OJ in '97. At the time, nobody could remember the last time we'd gotten an OD.

Well, yes. I think they're still called the F-35 Secretariat though.

Does anyone know who will be in the new F-35 secretariat?

What's the number of hours flown by the CF-18 fleet? Individual per airframe hours probably wouldn't work since they're spread over a pool of 80-ish aircraft rather than 65 aircraft. Slightly OT but how is projected attrition handled? If we "know" that x number of airframes are going to be...

It's not original data, but the OAG report said that the aircraft would last 36 years at projected usage.

A fair competition hasn't been possible since 2010 according to the report. On the other hand, the department apparently can't reasonably justify buying the F-35 either, according to the same report. Where to go from here?

We haven't signed a contract for ships. We've signed a contract determining where ships will be built if there is a contract for them. The F-35 equivalent would be a contract with an aircraft factory to build whatever aircraft is eventually picked, if any.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/03/19/john-ivison-f-35-bid-process-was-hijacked-by-dnd-former-official-says/ I realize Williams is one of "The Usual Suspects" on the subject, but surely the Hadron Collider comment is an overstatement?

The Super Hornet carries internal jammers as well. The internal HARM carriage will most likely be instead of other weapons. That reduces an LO F-35 payload to 0, and completely removes it's ability to carry out it's primary mission. It would probably have to fly as part of a package, but so...

I'm not so sure that is always true. Keep in mind that LO aircraft sacrifice a lot of payload for their LO properties. Also keep in mind that an air defence systems primary purpose isn't to down enemy aircraft, it's to force them to deal with the defence systems to the point that their ability...

The F-117's were lost after repeatedly flying down the same path for several nights. I would submit you'd get the same results from F-35's if you did the same thing. The F-16 was a Wild Weasel. Getting shot down is not exactly unexpected in that job regardless of which platform you're using...

The Auditor Generals report on the F-35 buy is due in a few weeks. They'll probably look at the need for those capabilities, they did in the report on the F-18 upgrade. http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_200411_03_e_14907.html Hopefully this time the RCAF came up with a better...

This looks a lot worse than it really is. We occasionally banged the Oberons off of the bottom or the jetty as well. It's not the end of the world.

They'd probably affect an MH dipper, if they work. The chances of IDAS reliably working is pretty small. Keeping a finer-optic line intact isn't easy when the two ends aren't manoeuvring at hundreds of knots relative motion, through two different media.

The problems with submarines are that they can't affect air operations much, and they can't do the presence mission very well. They're a great complement to surface warships, but they can't replace the surface fleet.

You could get all of those qualities with a nuclear-powered CSC. CGN's were good for a 30+ knot SOA.

You could use the "balanced force" argument to justify anything from carrier aviation to launching our own RORSATS. The question is whether the current submarine capability is worth it's opportunity cost to the rest of the Navy and the CF in general. I think the capability is seen as worth the...

The Cole Review is a ministerial review at the political level, responding to public perception of problems with the Collins class. It's not RAN, although any information the RAN has will be used by the review. If the RAN was running this, it would be a BoI under different rules. The issues...