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Joint Tours have semi officially been promotion or command requirements at the O-5 / O-6 level for quite some time. There are a slew of other branch LO's or SME's in all element Commands or regional commands - so getting Joint time isn't an issue. The Staff NCO aspect is generally new though...

Or Sikorsky… Some contracts have max damage amounts. So there is no incentive to push past a point (of failure).

11.5” barrel and suppressor makes the bayonet a dinosaur tool ;)

My only experience on a SSN was solely swimming out of one -- but I would say that Submarines and especially Nuclear submarines are one of the things that Safety First is not just a catch phrase but a life requirement.

I really want to beat you about the head today for that...

Just being an ass ;) But admittedly when I first read Hydrogen fuel and vehicle that is where my mind went.

100% Most of the radar missiles of the time were designed for the interceptor role -- shooting down Bear's, then TU-16 and TU-22's and while the TU-22 was fast - it wasn't maneuverable . Those early radar missiles like the AIM-4 Falcon where not very maneuverable, and required a constant radar...

No disagreement here. All I see in Iran is pain -- regardless of what COA is chosen -- I think it is better to take the pain now. Unfortunately the US/Israel original COA has left any good options to be unpleasant and a lot more painful than they could have been several months ago.

Ask the crew and passengers on the Hindenburg ?

Did Benny return with "Pot this is Kettle you are black too"?

Oh believe me, I think this whole debacle stinks -- I am just offering a possible COA, one that is a lot more deniable, and one that ideally would not see a lot of Gulf targets hit by Iran.

Again leaving an Airframe or for @lenaitch an aircraft, but not a fighter... McDonnel Douglas fielded the F-4 Phantom II just months before the Arrow cancellation. It has missiles as a primary, and the M61 cannon was only added integrally in the E and later models. Fitted for not with - the...

I have been extremely biased against wheeled combat vehicles for a lot of roles based on my own experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as seeing AAR's from other conflicts. I think there is a definite role for wheeled APC's, but I am not a fan of them for the European theatre in a LSCO...

One doesn’t need to invade Iran to weaken the regime. This sort of thing is SOF and IC folks bread and butter. UW and targeted killings on a reverse COIN approach. Start on the fringes and grow a revolution.

Any may wonder if that is just throwing shit at the wall though. 5k LAV’s for what? I mean that just seems to me like green welfare for GDLS London as opposed to an actual fielding plan based on requirements. The Army has constantly sold itself short. The shortsightedness of the just a BG...

We read Russian and Chinese mail. Neither respect anything but their opponents strength and will take a mile if given an inch. Not to start, but to finish a fight Russia has already started. Generations of Canadians and Europeans enjoyed the ‘peace dividend’ unfortunately that enjoyment was...

PH like a sailboat, will go with the wind... I suspect the fact that what we need for the Straights and the Gulf States is a lot of stuff Ukraine does well, and Ukraine has some needs that we can supply -- so helping Ukraine is significantly valuable.

You know BAE owns the CV-90 right? The second largest Defense Company in the world. Bad analogy You could - honestly that would probably make sense as LocMart could sell them both to Canada and to folks who don't want to buy something direct from the USA.. Yes, and the issue is as we have...

The CA has been so used to getting stuff for a BG over the past couple of decades, as well as a structure to support that via symmetrical brigade groups. I think the changes to the CA in scale and diversity that this growth entails is going to take a lot longer for it to root, than the RCN...

Now the problem with standards is it often defaults to a lower common denominator, and will lock a design for ages. Open Architecture has been a requirement on a number of things for years. The first big ticket program to make it mandatory as opposed to desired was FVL, the main government...