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We call it Gatinese in Ottawa…

Start off small. Mount a .50 in the box and maybe moonlight as Mayan Riviera Highway Patrol, should you need some extra spending money

It’s understandable why they went the way they did and of course the entire conversation is moot, because that ship has sailed…or hasn’t in certain circumstances. Those points are all absolutely valid, but unfortunately we’re still in the fix we’re in now with the various fleets. If we really...

Around the time all this was starting, I thought it would’ve made more sense to have 3 large yards to deal with the volume of vessels needed. Because of Canada’s geography, I’ve heard it said that we really have 2 Navies (east/west). I know hindsight is 20/20, but for the past few years, I’ve...

Not sure why that post by @NavyShooter got tangled in with my response. Apologies for any confusion.

If you get a chance to peruse through the CGAI podcast, Dave Perry has spoken with the commanders of both the CA and RCAF. IMHO, they both came off as pragmatic and capable with good abilities to articulate their views. Topshee is a high bar to meet when it comes to talking the talk in a smart...

Oh, I get it and I’m a fan of Topshee’s vision, in the whole. I’d very much like to see this done ASAP and I think we’re going to need to lean heavily on some outside help to make it happen. Possibly the S Koreans can help with the ship design and maybe some efficient building techniques learned...

And about half the time it took to wrap up Stranger Things…?

It’s a tall order to design, consult, line up suppliers and set up logistics chains, send a package out to potential builders, review the feedback, award a contract, cut steel, assemble, fit out and sea trial, send back to the builder for corrections, sea trial again and accept into the Navy in...

I’m still not entirely convinced that striking a deal to sell your goods to someone and have them in turn sell theirs meets the bar for slipping into bed. When I ran a tire shop, I had a guy come in and buy tires from me. Just so happens he had a used hitch for sale that I needed. I bought it...

Used to work in the basement at NDHQ in the records section at NDRLS, first as a summer student then as a contract for a few years. One day we had a special project, back around the Somalia Inquiry and I knew it might run late, so being a brain dead 20 year old, I thought I’d bring my boombox to...

I wonder if the thinking is that Hyundai/Kia may be motivated to build another plant in North America to sell to Central America/South American markets after the fiasco in the US. I can’t see them abandoning the existing US manufacturing plants but maybe they just focus on the American market...

Strange tactic, no? I have a beautiful old car that I’m not interested in selling. It’s been in the family for decades. But, everything as they say has a price. So, if someone were to come to my home and tell me they wanted it and either I sell it to them or they’d possibly kick the shit out of...

That’s true, but it still doesn’t change the likelihood that Americans would not buy into a plan to give that kind of money away while they struggle if it were discussed.

I’ll find a van and try for a Mohawk if you need a driver…

The money part…I’ve been thinking that one over and I can’t quite square it. If he were to offer $5m per Greenlander (to whom, then personally??) how the hell would some poor bastard feel in the Midwest when all they recently received or may receive is a couple of grand check from tariffs (that...

It almost feels like we’re closing on that with T26 based ships, before they’ve ever been built/trialled/deployed. If the rumours of weight constraints are true, it doesn’t sound like there’s much wiggle room for the future or evolving systems.

I seen it remember it was part of the plan for ASTERIX too

Have you ever tried to listen to “Head Over Heels” with crackle in the playback?? The stakes are higher than you think…

I guess that’s why I was thinking HALIFAX class as a starting point, particularly since the FELEX stuff was as non USA as possible at the time. Also, not trying to name drop here, but I once had a chance to chat with John Newton and he was very eloquent in his praise of the seakeeping...