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Gawd no! Some people in Ottawa may actually read this blog and take you seriously thinking what a great idea.

Agree on your point about the prescreening. It’s a given that either sub is going to provide a massive improvement that will change the perception and capabilities of the RCN. Most of the contract value is not for the subs. It’s for the offsets and maintenance over the life of the subs. That’s...

Your number should be 300 billion not million.

Sounds about right. But that will be up to the lower courts which I expect will rule in favour of the importers. But Trump as usual will appeal and appeal so that he can kick the can down the road. More likely he will bully the plaintiffs with threats to their business to the point that they...

Hanwha / TKMS are expected to make large investment offsets in Canada for the foreign manufactured subs. As well there will be work in Canada for the 30 plus years of maintenance.

I just read an article by Judy Trihn of CTV that “Cabinet to decide the winner.” NNoooo!!! We are so screwed. This about which company is going to spread the work around the country and not about meeting the RCN needs.

Pentagon says three F-15s downed by friendly fire in Kuwait, no casualties Three American F-15 fighter jets crashed Monday morning over Kuwait in an “apparent friendly fire” incident, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. All six crew members ejected safely and are in stable condition. “The...

3 US jets shot down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/02/us-israel-iran-hezbollah-military-strikes-live-updates/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

Any country that we have civil discourse with and isn’t trying to take us over.

Or maybe buy from our “friends” that don’t want to screw us. Such as the TA-50. If Lockheed thought it was good enough for USA then it’s good enough for Canada.

Didn’t we replace the periscopes 4 or 5 years ago?

FIFY most parents remember the Terrible Two’s. Too bad his mom isn’t around to scold the insolent child.

No. As a teenager at that time having no interest in the theatre . My interests then were cars and girls. Now I feel on obligation to find where I can stream the movie.

I take it that you haven’t seen Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Probably the funniest movie Will Ferrell / John C Reilly did together. I mentioned Buddha as Buddhism is the largest organized religion in China.

I’m ‘Shake and Bake’? ….Wok and Roll. Will baby Jesus be replaced by baby Buddha ?

My limited understanding of the SOR is that it’s weighted as a jobs program not a weapons program.

https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/02/05/current-f-35-configuration-complicates-fielding-of-apg-85-radar/ It seams more complicated than swapping mounting brackets. Sounds as if differences in bulkhead too and power/cooling requirements.

I agree with your sentiment. As long as Trump remains belligerent, the push to scale up our forces will remain. Hopefully the next president will be just as forceful in pushing the buildup of NATO members contributions. Not sure what you meant by “happy ending”.

We will never know the actual costs for Irving as they are not a publicly traded company and therefore have no obligation to publish their profit / loss statements. By the same token, the governments have not been very forthcoming on payments to Irving.