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Major article by Profs Andrea Charron and James Fergusson of U. of Manitoba: Mark Ottawa

Good article by Dave Perry of CGAI on whether Canada can afford new subs for RCN (plus very costly CSCs) in addition to large sums that will be required for NORAD modernization (well beyond North Warning System )? Mark Ottawa

Reading between the lines of the excellent analysis I find it hard to believe replacement subs will ever be procured in light of Canadian political realities, costs of CSsC and new fighters, and increasing domestic focus for CAF. And, as the article notes, there is that visibility problem. Plus...

Now a report from CDAI: Read on. The report indicates a serious US intent effectively to re-invent NORAD–or perhaps relegate NORAD to some sort of backwater, with serious defence of the US in almost all, er, domains allocated to US NORTHCOM, if the Canadian government does not start getting...

More on US NORAD thinking in context of recent Joint Statement with Canada--one wonders what PM Trudeau’s government thinks of it all–if they even are paying any notice, what with the imminent federal election they have have been planning, and have now called, taking up almost all their mental...

Trudeau would not understand a "military or strategic threat" if it were heading towards him with full armour, gun and "tankety tankety" treads. Mark Ottawa

Lot of uproar about this: Questions Linger Over China’s Reported Hypersonic Space Weapon Test "There are a lot of things that are in the realms of feasibility and [...] we need to worry about that," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. In the wake of a hair-raising report of a secret...

"I think this type of approach would provide greater support for Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic"--no country , Denmark and Hans Island, has ever made any claim to Canadian land territory in the Arctic. That sovereignty is unchallenged, undisputed. Just like US sovereignty for mostly empty...

UK Chief of Defence Staff highlights need to pay attention to Russian activities in High North/Arctic and North Atlantic--yet RCN says almost nothing about NATO ASW mission vs Russian subs (plus RN agreement with CCG for Arctic training): 1)...

Have read, excellent book. The bit on the cover illustrates how Tamm was prescient about repression of ethnic minorities, esp. Uyghurs of Xinjiang; remember at the time of von Mannerheim's trip (quite a fellow) the Han grip on Xinjiang (East Turkestan) was much weaker and Tibet was effectively...

1) Oct. 12: 2) But US Army moving smartly ahead: Mark Ottawa

Looks like, as so often, Mr Brewster was torquing things--RoyalNavy interested in High North up from GIUK Gap plus Norwegian, Barents Seas--to work with CCG:

Very good, wide-ranging CGAI podcast with Andrea Charron, Eugene Lang, Dick Fadden: Mark Ottawa

Message from ML Institute: Mark Ottawa

Missiles looking for missions--USAF secretary (an extremely capable fellow) is not best pleased: Mark Ottawa

Efforts to get these missiles in service and in top form are, er, accelerating, no indication of any real negativity from the Biden administration–at Aviation Week and Space Technology: Two years before the first battery is fielded, the next stage of technology development for a joint U.S...

USAF (and HASC) really putting the screws to LockMart:

USAF getting set to try to chop F-35A numbers?

House Armed Services Committee getting sceptical: HASC Defense Policy Bill Doubles Down On F-35 Oversight HASC chides that "the majority" of GAO recommendations on how DoD could better manage the F-35's nearly $1.3 billion sustainment costs "remain open," in some cases for more than seven...

Looks like LockMart's Skunk Works working on NGAD at new facility (note also hypersonics):