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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...

Without going deeper down the rabbit hole of metallurgy, there are many different alloy compositions, in both steel and aluminum - and there characteristics under load, impact or heat can be vastly different. I think you can have both -- I am 110% with you on the need to get damaged get back...

I’d argue that a glossy PowerPoint slide doesn’t actually depict very much. The biggest issue with “cavalry“ is it it’s very abstract in people’s thoughts of what a light medium or heavy is a lot of it also doesn’t seem to have looked listened or growing from understandings of what uncrewed...

HASC and SASC had already been threatening the USAF over the zero E-7. They are supporters. The fact is one needs redundant systems. NRO will tell everyone that they (and Space Force) cannot do everything when it comes to imaging and communications especially in contested environments.

Depends on how they are used -- realistically the Minister can waiver away anything respecting to status - But yeah I think there needs to be some Civilian PO training in respect to the UofF and powers of arrest.

Theoretically the contract DoD Police are supposed to do that -- however I know a lot of places the numbers of those LEO's are way too low to actually man all the gates. I suspect the USAF sites you go to are often live bombing ranges, which has a different setup than JB Lewis-McCord. I...

NATO Compatible doesn't necessarily mean NORAD compatible. SOCOM and the ABC's vice USAF, also it is more a ELINT bird as opposed to a AEWCC. There is a big difference between between being a high altitude listener, and a radar bird running AESA - so I am not sure the work there is compatible...

If you look at the organization of the USAF Security Forces, you can probably draw a idea that every Air Force Base gets a Squadron - and some of the largest Facilities get a Group which is three Squadrons. The USAF Security Forces Squadrons are generally around 140-160 personnel, in 3-4...

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It wasn’t an aircraft. It was an airframe. You can’t sell an airframe. The avionics, radar weaponry was all seriously under developed. It was like Canada had missed the memo that guns were not the primary anymore. The weirdest aspect to the cancellation was the destruction of all the...

@Kirkhill also tends to gloss over that BAE acquired several Swedish Defense companies at fire sale prices as they were going insolvent due to lack of market. The only reason a lot of those projects are in the market is because they are marketed by a Global Defense Conglomerate.

Agreed, but one needs vastly less steel than aluminum for the same protection. Ballistically, you end up with almost the same weight (and a lot more bulk) using aluminum alloys compared with a steel alloy. The Bradley A4 Chassis has relatively little aluminum in it. Materials that were...

As steel is a much harder denser material inch for inch it is a vastly superior ballistic material than aluminum. Opt for wider tracks if necessary to keep ground pressure low to offset the weight.

Yes but Ukraine is in a different situation than Canada (or the US). Despite some romantic thoughts to the contrary everyone already works like that. You’re putting Ukrainian situations into a Canadian setting - which doesn’t fit. 2nd and third line are not factory personnel. 4th line...

Steel also burns at a much higher temp than aluminum… I’ll take the steel for most applications.

I’d suggest the Government(s) and Industry are better off understanding they are in a partnership. Items where it is practical should able to be repaired at the lowest level possible. If it makes sense for a part to be printed - then provide the government with a license to do so. I...