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Russia is bottled only in the Black Sea. They have freedom elsewhere as Western Navies aren’t interdicting, or otherwise containing them. They will just make more islands… Unless someone kicks over their sandcastle.

One could argue they don’t. At least not in the Black Sea. They have naval artillery. The ships won’t last a minute past the UXV screens.

Weekends. 3hrs is never 3hrs on an evening. I know when I was a reservist that at least 30min was wasted in signing in and then nominal roll parade.

Just a GRU ‘reservist on leave’, nothing to see here. :rolleyes: Someone needs to accidentally cut off his head and delivery it to the door.

It was all over the EBB this am. and other things in the Beltway were chirping about this after the disclosure yesterday. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/09/14/us-air-force-secretary-reveals-deployment-of-on-orbit-space-control-weapons/

If you wish to avoid it come up with an alternative. I quote it simply because it comes from articulated needs. Because it was determine to be the best method. Mortars got smaller and portable to make sense to allocate to the Infantry. - We can quibble about if LAV based firepower is...

GR66 addressed that - Mortars belong to the Battalion Commander -- the Arty does not. The Guns can be tasked away -- the Mortars cannot (well I guess technically the Bde Comd could detach them from the BN - but that is splitting hairs and is extremely unlikely if the BN is in contact or...

Well the fences here are pretty formidable, As well the entries have sally ports with physical barriers like https://www.gsautomatic.com/products/gsrb3000-automatic-road-blocker Due to Canada’s winters one would need to figure out a cost benefit of opting for basement parking garages -...

Not sure what data center building rates are near you - but that type of building and footprint is about ideal for a smaller sized unit. Exterior perimeter fencing, with secure gates entry. External Camera coverage, and secure building access control. Stand off from the street and parking...

No. If you mean knock it down and start from scratch yes. IM/IS requirements let alone physical security aspects mean that basically no building that wasn’t designed after Y2K is going to be sufficient, and even then that is probably 15 years stale.

Note the date of the Aircraft Loss report is 14 May. Glass Half full, 👀. over 40b in Arms sales into the region.

Maybe he’s using UAE money to pay off POTUS, or chipping in for a new plane.

Trump tried to get him the same day of the Soleimami strike. He’s pretty high up on the kill list - so it’s odd he hasn’t been splattered already.

The ARNG definitely isn’t perfect. GW1 made it clear that a lot of changes where necessary. GWOT reinforced that more changes needed to be made. But you have a force that can deploy multiple FORMED Brigades. So clearly something is working. The PRes to me is setup poorly to do much...

The Russian model is alive and kicking. OFC they assumed that KSA, America or others would sort it out before those were needed. While everyone likes to pick on America, and I blame the current Administration for a lot of crap in the AO, Yemen and KSA need to wear this one. Simply...

It all depends on if you believe that orientation of the expeditionary force should only a specific theatre. I’d say that the soldier, sailor, aircrew person is the most valuable resource. I’d suggest that Artillery has pretty zero use domestically. If you need Artillery domestically you...

Damn screwed quote So better qualified than most you say.

Given Assassinations and Sabotage (including incidents that resulted in European NATO members citizens being killed) have been going on for over a decade - I’m perplexed that anyone is surprised? If Russia wasn’t a Nuclear power - it would be called war, and we would have sacked Moscow by now.

Unlikely. Several others in the region can. Not all who would safeguard it well. Additionally I’m fairly sure that the Russians have satellites overhead looking for targeting info to feed Iran as well as see what is getting fired in defense.

Practically I agree with you. Remote coastal and northern regions have more challenges than a lot of Expeditionary areas. The infrastructure budget that it would take to have a 5G or better cell network as well as roads, railways and runways all over Canada will ensure that doesn’t...