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If you look at the issue of Gripen v F-35, or Gripen and F-35 from the lens of what is best for Canada, I would say that is entirely different from throwing a bunch of politics into it. Yes Politics affects some criteria - but I will say as someone living down here, since PM MC’s budget there...

I’m guessing the UK MoD would prefer to go back in time and adopt the CV-90 instead, or continue the Warrior upgrade. AJAX isn’t an ASCOD, the vehicle are dramatically different other than external aspects - and while GDUK may have used the ASCOD as the baseline it appears to have drifted...

I am actually sure we don’t. Ballistic missiles yes. But the smaller stuff, you can built it pretty much anywhere, including the basement of a home.

Outside of contested airspace. One needs more UAS to make up for losses than most forecast, as well as Satellite and Very High Altitude options. No ;) Many large firms have several options and methods for their or others UUV systems.

Years ago Drake Clark from Magpul sent me a tri-wall of PMAG’s to test as he knew my thoughts at the time on polymer mags due to the Thermold debacle. I took 100 to Iraq, the rest got given away to CAF serials training at MidSouth and BlackWater. Honestly the PMAG is by far the best...

My (paternal) Grandfather was one of the Prosecutors for the Japanese War Crime trials. I am not downplaying the actions of the Japanese in WW2, they committed numerous atrocities. However looking at the actions side by side, I believe German actions as a state were entirely more horrific...

Iran was more like 1 for Russia 9 for the bunkers. I suspect US National intelligence was focused on the ballistic missiles and payloads.

I must have missed the Japanese running mass extermination camps across Asia? Yes there where some nasty crimes committed by Imperial Japanese forces, but but they where not running a genocidal extermination program.

That is simply the British Para in you coming out. Yemen is fairly minor in the grand scheme of history. It doesn’t have the same issues over history that the majority of the ME does.

Sex Panther. 60% of the time, it works every time…

I think that can depend on a number of factors. Most of the US Elected Officials would much rather revert to something like Trump 45 methodologies. A lot of things here are not roses. Most understand fair is in the eyes of the beholder, and many are SOL with the current situation. Very few...

Slights to our pride, real or imagined, have been the genesis of many American Expeditions.

And then what does the world do then. I would suggest that if the Houthi go kinetic again, with the Iranians still interdicting the SoH, then the majority of the world is going to say F it - and go scorched earth on the Houthi and Iranians -- as then they really don’t have a lot of chips to...

Based on the verbiage - they suggest AD systems -- which last I looked the CAF was pretty minimalist on at this junction.

One can be the biggest and baddest on the block and still make errors that cost... I would not paint America through the years with the Trump 47 brush though. Agreed, the fact that no real theatre protection assets where moved into the area prior to hostilities is telling. Given that the H...

And when Trump is gone, you are still soaked in piss.

Both can be true. Albeit 25years is a little over the top for a land vehicle. IF you look at the Armored Vehicle losses in Ukraine -- some very interesting trends are noted. Western AFV (MBT, IFV’s, and LAV family included) from the 80’s on tend not to lose the crews, and even can survive...

Both can be true ;) I think there was an serious miscalculation on the levels of ordnance Iran had, and I also believe that POTUS chose to ignore the threat projected.

It has become painfully clear that very few people actually understood the depth of reserves of Missiles, SUAS etc that Iran had squirreled away for a rainy day. As well as what low levels that both storage and release authority was spread out to. I know a few folks who have spend time...

That is the 400B dollar question. The IRGC isn’t the only issue, frankly the IRGC at this point is more akin to a business front for criminal organization than a guardian of the revolution. The Clerics also have a vote and while Iranian fundamentalism is in decline, one doesn’t want to run...