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I don't see any reason as to why not. Be aware though that Rules 146 to 148 bar reprisals outright against protected people, objects and in non-international conflicts. Reprisals have been rarely used and, in these days of the proliferation of social media and high-level disinformation...

That's a fair bit bigger than the CB90s Norway uses now. Here's a video on the topic of the JCC. 🍻

It's not against the law of armed conflict. It comes under the heading of reprisals. 🍻

I expect that this is why 50% of the evaluation weight went for the long-term maintenance, repair and operational support plans over the decades-long lifespan. One can speculate all one wants and even look to other contracts, but at the end of the day we're all just spit balling here about a...

I have a hard time seeing as to why Canada hasn't already UOR'd several Skynex based systems if for no other purpose then to evaluate them while providing point defences in Latvia. We had previously operated Oerlikon systems with CFE in that role in combination with Javelin and ADATS missiles...

That's fundamentally wrong as a statement of absolutes. Just look at Germany and Japan vis a vis the allies - or France and Poland vis a vis Germany. Each was involved in total war with its adversaries and yet now they are allies across the broad parts of their population. Given the right...

I agree with what you've said. I even agree with this part. When the discussion gets to "boots on the ground" vs "fires" the advocates of "fires" are usually trying to convince themselves, and others, that they can bring about victory with only minor casualties to their own forces. Often this...

That spanned closer to 40 years from the 1950s to the 1990. We had a fairly robust air defence in the 1950s and 60s until the "bomber threat" was eclipsed by ICBMs where a cost-effective technological defence was unavailable. I'm not sure what the point is here other than some governments...

There is so much stuff happening at the ground (or sea)/air interface that it's hard to determine who should make what decisions. There's no doubt that the army made some bad ones in the past but mostly within the framework of very limited funding with no-win decisions required. Neither the...

Funny. My first thought - after everyone was fine - was: "that's gonna be a lot of kit written off." :giggle:

Interesting what motivates one in life sometimes. As a FOO, one of the things that gets mentioned during training is to blend in with the infantry you work with and being a guy with a pistol and radio makes you stand out. Well, you can't get rid of the radio; as a FOO team your signaller...

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. With an example of a light truck system like this where there are light missiles/rockets on board I think that the addition of a gun would be a good idea. I think the .50 is the better solution as it isn't too heavy for the vehicle. A 30mm would be. IMHO one needs...

An interesting application. The truck seems to lack any capability for tactical manoeuverability with that low slung body. I know it says its aimed for coast guard work but in any warfighting situation you have to be prepared to go off road or deal with rubble and other obstacles. I expect that...

I think how one feels the recoil of any rifle is a very personal thing. During my earlier FN days I felt the recoil wasn't that big a deal and always looked down at the folks who whinged about their shoulders and cheeks. (If you haven't noticed I'm very judgemental) A lot of the bad shooting in...

Just a comparison. This was 7 Tor in 1965 🍻

:giggle: Moi with my FNC1 in 69. 🍻

Not kids, I'm afraid. That's my old regiment - the 7th Toronto Regt, RCA. (If I had a nickel for every salute I fired at Queen's Park back in the day). Nope the two guns in the middle are all Primary Reservists. The two flank guns are volunteer organizations called the "Limber Gunners" firing...

They're not stupid questions but Erin isn't thinking at scale; he's thinking in the usual way of figuring out what is just enough and then subtracting a bunch because he believes everything will be 100% serviceable and DND is exaggerating in the hope they'll get what we really need. I'm not a...

Agreed. I like the idea of changing NCM ranks to some form of sergeant major - to show the leadership level within the NCM grouping. I also like using WO for specialist at both the basic and advanced tech skill rank because the concept is one already understood by everyone except the...