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I am currently living in a PIGS state, and let me tell you, nobody... and I mean... NOBODY is even TALKING about balancing their budgets. It's not even in the long-term plans. They're talking about maybe someday stabilizing their deficit at 3.5% or so. That's not 3.5% percent of...

Well, here's my take on this subject: You have to define your goals clearly and realistically. For example, nation building in Afghanistan is a credible mission. But many of the Canadian public consider that to mean we are aiming for a box-standard western liberal democracy. Which is wholly...

Tricky situation there. The Army's job in Turkey is protect the state from enemies both foreign and domestic. This includes the ruling government. I'm not sure if it is formalized, but part of the 'checks and balances' system in Turkey involves the army deposing the government if it feels...

If I'm not mistaken (which I probably am), I think that South Korea operates some Russian military gear, like BMP-3s and T-90s. I think they also have some involvement in the S400 SAM  program, and a few other Russian missile projects. Nothing Earth-shattering, but there is some recent history...

Or accidentally run aground at Bushehr before exploding.

Curses! Foiled again! But congrats to the winner, and a huge thank-you again to Tactown for sponsoring this great game!

I swear, I can almost taste it...

Agreed 100%. Which is why I think THIS is where the least change csan do the most good. Before I submitted this post, I had a string of example of exactly this kind of market failure. We all see them every day. But it was too long. So instead, the example I'll use is the elephant in the room...

EYE SPLICE!!

Market forces can work. I am in Ireland at the moment. Where economic theories go to die. And it is painfully clear that market forces only work if everyone plays along. One of the crucial problems with health care spending is that medicine is one of the few professions where incompetence...

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Man, oh man, I needs me a new sleepin bag...

The BRP Rajah Humabon is a 68-year-old destroyer escort, with (according to wikipedia) no missile armament embarked. Better hope nobody calls your bluff.

10 days is a pretty ambitious timeline, especially considering the most recent announcements suggested at least a 2 year wait. Perhaps this member has understandably confused the similar-sounding 'fully compliant' aircraft with the 'interim and not fully compliant' aircraft. I'm also curious...

Of the major ship borne UAV projects currently underway, I believe all of them land autonomously. So there is no operator or pilot involved in manually controlling the aircraft as it lands (normally).  The (former) J-UCAS platforms, such as the X-47 mentioned above, land autonomously on a...

I'm not an AVN tech, but I did do the structures program at SAIT in Calgary. SAIT was absolutely excellent, with top notch equipment, instructors, and facilities. A lot of the instructors were ex-military too, which should help. I paid for the program out of my own pocket, and it was worth...

Well yes, I would support foreign (ie not Canadian) intervention in Syria. There are a lot of people being killed, for the sake of standing up to their corrupt dictator. That's not something anybody likes to see. IF there was a foreign power with local and regional support, who would be able...

TacTown, I love you, and I will tell everyone I know to go to you if they are looking for gear!!

If you back the right horse.

I think that this in fact supports the notion of buying F-35s. With no clear directives from above, the CF needs to be prepared for a much broader scope of potential future operations. Including shooting wars against peer or near-peer opponents. Personally, I think that the sheer amount of...