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In WW1 the armies went in with a manoeuvre mindset and got stuck in a prolonged siege that Caesar and even Nebuchadnezzar would have recognized. More infantry, more horses weren't going to break the siege. More firepower wasn't going to break the siege. The new answer was an ancient answer...

This article, referenced within the one suggested, also deserves reading. The UGVs are ordered on the front line from suppliers that are given contracts this year to supply vehicles next year. The troops order the vehicles from the Brave1 marketplace "more than 200 companies in Ukraine...

The iron is hot. Time to strike. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/from-taboo-to-mandate-women-say-develop-our-resources-now

I miss him. I think he would have appreciated this article. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/michael-bonner-without-faith-in-god-liberalism-faces-an-existential-crisis "Liberal democracy is in danger. The assertion is often repeated, but the nature of the danger seems to vary. " ... The...

Plus this? https://www.powermag.com/tag/floating-nuclear/ An SMR powered AMB? Then all your stored liquids become exportable and you no longer have to worry about refuelling. And if this is in fact a relocatable warehouse / Service Canada government building that can over-winter in the ice...

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https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/12/canada-acquiring-remotely-piloted-aircraft-systems-for-the-canadian-armed-forces.html I thought the game plan was to base our RPAS MQ-9s at Greenwood and Comox and launch them in the arctic from the Northern FOBs/FOLs but fly...

I think you would continue a pre-existing trend towards fewer sailors. It is harder to attract sailors now than it used to be. Even at the turn of the last century the Royal Navy was reverting to Laskars from Baluchistan to keep their boilers fed with coal. They couldn't find enough Brits...

"BMT, described MODUS as “a family of uncrewed vessels” rather than a single platform, spanning designs from around 20 metres up to 70–80 metres,..." "...structural pressures facing Western navies. “As equipment gets more and more complex, but budgets remain broadly the same… we have a limited...

Israel’s new AI-powered artillery makes combat debut in Lebanon Ro’em system signals shift toward faster, semi-autonomous battlefield firepower. CTech 14:30, 17.04.26 Israel’s military has taken a step toward a more automated battlefield, deploying a new artillery system that uses artificial...

A suitable level of risk management would be to be able to detect the landing. Send eyeballs to confirm the landing and targeting data. Send rounds to eliminate the landing force. Does anybody need to leave their seat in Ottawa if they are supplied with the appropriate UAVs and Long Range...

Just double checked The county Lords Lieutenant were authorised to raise their county militias within their borders by the post Cromwell Militia Act of 1662. The Restoration era. They retained that authority until 1871 when they lost miltary control of the militia with the Cardswell reforms...

I just love that word fair. So many billable hours.😁

Further to... The Household Division is the King's Personal Army. Every other county lord had his own army so the king was allowed one. The Royal Marines fall under the RN's warrant. The Royal Artillery has its own warrant along with the Royal Engineers, both elements of the Ordnance. Not...

The Brits have been saying lots of things that haven't happened. They are primarily waiting on the government to decide on a defence investment plan for the next decade. I believe it is about 1 year late and 28 BUKP short.

There are Iranians, and then there are Iranians. There might be some questions of control. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a746cfd45938b540 Apparently you can't run an economy without money.

Jolly Jack Tar?

We have never used Canadian money. We have used Huguenot money. We have used British money. We have used American money. And often it was money from the same families that moved from La Rochelle, to Amsterdam, to London, to New York. And some of that money also moved to Hong Kong, Singapore...

Vacuum Tube Era 1935 - Watson Watt invented radar 1942 - Radar was miniaturized and shock proofed so that it could be mounted on a 40mm HE-T shell and fired at aircraft 1945 - Millions of those radar fused shells had been produced at a then year price The 1942...

I will stipulate all your points. Especially your points about the British Army. In their defence, as with the Ukrainians, when you have no money then you become imaginative. Unfortunately for them, unlike the Ukrainians, they have no political support either. With respect to the FPVs - the...