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Curently reading Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling's The Prince, a collection of previously published (and good) novels set in the late 21st century, chronicling the political and military actions of Falkenberg's Mercenary Legion. I'm a huge fan. I've actually started writing a mod for the...

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Canada-Looks-to-Upgrade-Its-Armor-in-Afghanistan-05190/#tactical-armored-patrol-vehicle From above link: "We want an existing platform that outperforms all existing platforms." 

Some models of the famous Zvezda K-36 (now used by all Russian fighters) have a shock-wave generator that pops up between the pilot's legs if ejection is initiated above a certain speed, which protects the pilot from supersonic airflow. In addition to drogues and servo rockets to keep the seat...

That's not too far off from our involvement in the JSF program, actually.

A public humiliating defeat was the inevitable outcome of western military intervention in Afghanistan from day 1... regardless of the actual outcome on the ground. There was never any kind of conceivable outcome that the media and liberal university types would label as a 'victory'. And like...

Nor should they, which is something often overlooked here. And even from a purely military-oriented view, there is: a) a lot to be said for maintaining a domestic military aerospace manufacturing base, even though it means sometimes not having the absolute-best-in-the-world equipment every...

It seems to me that there's little skin off our nose whether we buy from the US gov or from Alenia. If it's the right plane, then it's the right plane, it was the front-runner for years, even before we had the option of buying them used. And while initial procurement costs are going to be a...

Alenia's top brass is talking hard-ball about embargoing a Canadian buy of C-27Js.  And while talk is cheap, Alenia *does* have literally billions of dollars on the line.  http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120227/DEFREG02/302270007/Alenia-Warns-U-S-Over-C-27J-Sales?odyssey=mod_sectionstories

What? The? Heck?

The F-117 was produced in complete secrecy, without government supervision, without political imperatives to use certain suppliers,  no industrial regional offset benefit packages, and using unlicensed technology from their competitors. Canada? Canada can't even get an off-the-shelf aircraft...

Augmenting understrength airborne units?

Yes, please.

In Ireland's presidential election mere weeks ago, Sinn Fein won 14% of the popular vote. With a candidate (Martin McGuiness) who had been convicted and imprisoned for possession of a car full of 250kg of explosives and 5000 rds, and is known to have been one of 5 members of the IRA council...

This is a valid point. But if 'too big to fail' actually exists, then the F-35 qualifies. It's biggest single arms procurement contract ever. Initial purchase cost is not the biggest factor here. Operating costs will outstrip acquisition cost very quickly. Operating costs mainly of: Fuel...

Terrible idea. That would be like us having a Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development who is actually Native and/or from the north!! Madness!!

Exactly.

I am obviously no technical expert on the matter, but I am scepitcal. It seems to me that if there were a legitimate $3.5 billion difference, these companies would be operating from the USA. Or paying a large team of lawyers and accountants a lot of money to find ways around this. Or bribing...

Funny you should mention that... I just so happened to discover the very same thing by chance today. And I also have no (or very little) problem doing 20 full extension chin-ups, or rope-climbing, etc, so I was actually quite surprised... and embarrased... my wife was watching... But I very...

Meh. The most important event of the last decade is likely to be something that flew well under the radar of the general public. As one example, I would say that Israel's decision to apparently destroy Syria's nuclear research facility could well have been the most important event of the...

It takes a long time, but no longer than many other plans for societal integration/normalization. And it works. You could fill a library with successful examples.