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Iran's drone carrier, I was wondering what had happened to it. I wonder if it was tied up in port or actually out sailing. The CENTCOM statement says they got it within hours of the conflict starting, so I'm assuming it was at port like the frigates. Regardless, someone gets to claim an aircraft...

The frigates were probably the least important part of Iran's navy. I'm more curious what they've been doing in regards to naval drones. They already lots of speedboats they could convert over and the capacity to build more. Could see Ukraine style strikes against mil and civilian targets in the...

Not a ruling but part of the trade act of 1974. I'm not a lawyer but a blanket 10% global tariff seems a hard sell if these tariffs also get challenged in court as well.

I've met both Ford and Bonnie Crombie a few times (pre and during her tenure as Mississauga Mayor). Super minor/short interactions. A couple of public events and a dinner with Ford, a few events with Crombie. Ford has always seemed a genuinely affable guy, and actually talks to you. People I...

Maybe it's being looked at as a blue fleet vehicle, they have a list of defence vehicles but I don't know if any are actually in service anywhere. FAT Truck defence vehicles for those curious. I kind of dig the Ironhorse for moving heavy stuff around.

I imagine this is Pierre's staffers right now. Pierre seemed to have no issue over the years with liberals crossing to the conservatives, it's only an issue now they're leaving him. I don't understand how he has a strong following, I've voted primarily conservative (disclosure: voted for JT in...

If we didn't write out contracts to ensure work was performed in Canada than it's hard to blame Davie for doing exactly what we contracted them to do in accordance with the contract terms we wrote. That's on us. I'm with you on rather seeing the work performed in Canada, though I'm also open to...

I literally loled at the security clearance portion. We can't get security clearances for our own people in anything resembling a timely fashion, getting that sorted for ourselves and industry will be great. I like a lot of what it says (from what I've skimmed so far), but I worry this be more...

Direct link to the strategy, I think I pulled it from another thread here but I already forgot who posted it, sorry and thank you.

She was actually Harper's PCO who got booted from the job by Trudeau a couple of months after he took office, though she was brought back as PCO 2021-2023. Harper's last industry minister think's she's a fantastic choice. I have no idea one way or another but it's unfair to lay the blame of...

Tracked stryker motive gear, ACSV hull, MGS turret. You're welcome. I might see if I can 3d print files for them and digitally kitbash it, you can put it in your mess.

Apparently between lower wind costs and reduced demand for natural gas it's saved them £104 billion. I don't have the time or energy to do any kind of deep dive but some quick googling shows £0.03-0.06 per kwh in wind generating costs vs £0.04-0.08 for gas. Countries and companies all over are...

Don't know about the Ontario Regiment, though I don't believe they're particularly small. The QoR are, I believe, the largest reserve unit (definitely for the infantry, and I think overall). Lincoln & Welland, Lorne Scots, and Tor Scots are all in the west (well, plus Etobicoke). No armour unit...

I absolutely have, particularly on courses, including leadership courses where PT was specifically not allowed except for the PT instruction portion. I hope it's gone away, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it pop back up. I assume it's mostly a reserve thing, with varying forms of stupidity...

Are there any resources (either DWAN or publicly available) to read up on our space based capabilities and future plans? I'm interested in knowing more about the subject but don't really know where to start learning about it.

According to the CBC we need to buy 72 Gripens and 6 Globaleyes for 12k jobs. I think that number of jobs is suspicious at best and frankly ludicrous as others have already pointed out here, though maybe accounting trickery can play a role. I'm actually a Gripen fanboy, I really like it, and...

The fundamental problem with this plan is that's built on the idea that there is in fact a coherent defence need for the US that it does not already have the ability to address. There are already long standing agreements that give the US an enormous amount of freedom and control in establishing...

Cannon. Rounds on a resupply vehicle don't count for much if the firing platform is gone and if all your resupply vehicles are dead you can still load them onto other vehicles. The US signed a deal with Hanwha to explore integrating a 58 caliber barrel onto the K9. Maybe the M109A8 will simply...

So they either failed to properly manage their fleet or they decided it was more useful providing spares that they presumably didn't otherwise have as they wouldn't have had to pull them if they weren't needed. That still sounds like a win, though you should be producing sufficient spares to...

That is a 100% self inflicted problem, God didn't descend from Heaven and mandate it, and we can solve it any time we wanted to. I like the continuous production of LAV rumours, I'd go so far as to extend that to tanks too. Build a few dozen gun tanks and support vehicles a year with surge...