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300,000 isn't a ready Reserve, it's a Mobilization Reserve. There is no need (or the ability to afford) that many personnel fully trained and ready to deploy. Certainly, divert a portion into the Primary Reserve but the main goal is to have a partially trained pool of personnel to draw on once...

I don't think we should frame it as recruiting 300,000 reservists and organizing them into units. Instead we should think of it as increasing the number of Reservists we recruit and train to a basic level then put most of them on a Mobilization Reserve list and have them come back in one...

Yeah, Kim Jong Un is a great buddy...the best of buddies! Same with Uncle Vlady! https://defence-blog.com/north-korea-steps-up-hacking-with-ai-and-deepfakes/

He didn't trade a person...he traded Ukraine

A fair deal should definitely be the objective and we should not refuse one out of spite.

That's amateur hour... https://swiftships.com/vessels/s5-support-ship-mother-ship/

IWI has a system that helps improve the effectiveness of your standard infantry rifle against small FPV type drones. https://defence-blog.com/iwis-rifle-upgrade-is-drawing-interest-from-armies-near-russia-and-ukraine/ AI summary of the system: The IWI Arbel system is an advanced...

Is there an urgent need for our submarines to deploy extensively under the ice pack? Russian SSBN's can launch from safely in Russian waters. Is any nation going to risk their SSN's attempting to transit the constricted and shallow NWP with its tricky currents under the ice pack? In the...

While I'm not unhappy with the decision to go with the 212CD for the Canadian Patrol Submarine, part of me always hoped for the KS III with its SLBM capability. Pair that with the Chunmoo MLRS and domestic ballistic missile production to support them both then you would have a potential...

Maybe one of them was doing a "Crazy Ivan"

I wonder how well it works when there are friendly troops in the area? That's my concern with any of the automated C-UAS systems. Will it become a tactic to intentionally fly drones in between two units in order to hopefully generate a friendly fire incident?

Already done!

Previously suspected, but now confirmed: https://defence-blog.com/pentagons-top-general-confirms-historic-ukrainian-dogfight-win/

Well the difference here of course is that Saudi Arabia has no reason to ever want nuclear weapons., right?...right??? /sarcasm

From CNN: Russian warship conducts live-fire exercise off UK as new PM Burnham reaffirms support for Kyiv

The problem is that while Canada might be a net exporter of oil and other fuel products to the United States, the nature of the distribution networks means that much of Eastern Canada is dependent on pipelines coming from US refineries...not product from the rest of Canada. Turn of the oil taps...

Provincial Emergency Preparedness organizations like Ontario Corps should have a full-time cadre of trained personnel available to respond to a variety of emergency situations year round (fires, floods, wind storms, ice/snow storms, etc.). As the military threats in the World increase the...

Ironically, even in the face of a major oil shock demand (and prices) for the Gulf oil that made it out during the ceasefire is actually down. https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/21/business/oil-demand-iran-china

Anduril isn't exactly a small start-up anymore. From Wikipedia:

From AI re: the production time for a Patriot missile It takes approximately 24 months to manufacture a single Patriot PAC-3 MSE missile. The production of the solid rocket motor alone requires around 30 months, while final system delivery can take longer due to complex supply chain logistics...