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It's digital. Why would he have to take a copy physically with him?

I agree with you that Canada should make greater use of autonomous systems to provide mass as well as to bridge the timeline gap of when our crewed systems will be coming online. I disagree with you though on where we should focus the types of systems we should focus on. Starting from the...

You only need to look south of the border to see what could possibly happen when diplomacy is only run through the political leaders without the filter of a professional diplomatic service. Canada has often been derided for only being good at "convening" and not at "acting". It's great that we...

Of course you might have to help out a bit during the voyage...

Personally I wouldn't put too much stock in any $ vs casualty calculation for any war. There are so many factors involved in the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of any military that can wildly swing the number of casualties, never mind the difficulty of calculating an actual cost.

Putting this here rather than starting a new thread. Austria - neutral by treaty - has twice scrambled fighters in response to US ISR aircraft entering their airspace without proper clearance: https://defence-blog.com/austria-confirms-fighter-jet-scrambles-against-u-s-military-aircraft/ While...

Well there are people that have equated our selling Canola to China or buying EV's from China as "getting in bed with them".

Does the same sentiment hold true for trading with China?

You're right. There are all kinds of new technologies and types of autonomous systems being developed to fulfil an almost endless number of roles in emerging warfare. We can't afford to try and be cutting edge on all of them. But ignoring emerging technologies all together in favour of...

True...and hopefully those stories don't end up in charges against the Paras! ;)

The thing is I get that the Sherman's were much easier to maintain that a Leopard 2A8 or an Abrams X so maybe while it was feasible to have them parked at the Aurora armoury then it's just not possible now. But look at the picture I posted. It was an exercise at Borden. There are several...

Yes. But the market for T-50's likely isn't as large as for the T-7A, so the opportunity to build a plant in Canada for Assembly in cooperation with Saab is better than the case for assembling T-50's with KAI.

Or maybe Boeing-Saab T7-A Redhawks? Do a deal with Saab to build them here instead of Gripens and get our full F-35 order? Same advanced jet trainer as the USAF. Boeing aims to sell over 2,700 Redhawks globally so should be enough orders to keep the line going. Uses the same GE F404 engine...

To me the main threats to Canada (leaving out IBMs and global thermonuclear war) are clearly long-range air-launched cruise missiles and submarines. NORAD and the RCAF with OTH Radar, MQ-9b's, F-35's and AEW aircraft will have a pretty good handle on the air threat. The submarine threat is...

And no, they don't go to Ranger School but at least at one time they were a Reserve Armoured Regiment with actual tanks...

Two sides of the UAV/C-UAV coin. Printing your own drones in the field: https://defence-blog.com/pentagon-funds-drone-microfactories-that-print-uavs-in-the-field/ And light, mobile AD units ranging the front to counter them...

Something like this? https://swiftships.com/vessels/s5-support-ship-mother-ship/ Carrying these? https://www.navylookout.com/ai-enabled-underwater-gliders-could-enhance-royal-navy-asw-capability/ Or these? https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/remus-300-unmanned-underwater-vehicle-uuv/?cf-view

What quagmire would we (or another nation) "get dragged into" by presenting a ceasefire deal that you've already felt them both out on for approval behind the scenes before presenting it publicly? If they don't express interest you don't go public. You're simply giving them domestic political...

The difference I think here is that Trump and Iran would both like a way out of this that they can claim as some sort of victory. Both of them lose be this continuing. The difficult part for them is accepting a deal "imposed" by the other. A deal from an outside party would be easier for them...