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Opportunity for an ASW exercise as part of the bid assessment? Or would that be too rude for a friendly visit?

The obvious next step is mounting laser designators on the UAV and APKWS kits on the rockets.

There are a bunch of trade-offs that don't always result in a cheap solution. ATACMS is a ballistic missile which is more difficult to intercept by enemy AD than a cruise missile but the trade-off is that the guidance systems are more complex. A cruise missile can be cheaper but it is easier...

Make whatever rules you want but nations under existential threat will do what they need to do to survive. There are some that are declaring that unmanned systems are the big revolution in warfare but I think it's actually AI. Those FPV drones and loitering munitions in Ukraine are still...

So an ATACMS for 1% the cost?

A Canadian company - Cellula Robotics - already has autonomous systems we could quickly bring on board to expand our domain awareness quickly while our crewed fleet is rebuilt. They are partnered with BAE in developing the Herne XLUUV for the RN's Type-93 "Chariot" platform at the top end of...

I'm sure there were no copies made...

It's digital. Why would he have to take a copy physically with him?

I agree with you that Canada should make greater use of autonomous systems to provide mass as well as to bridge the timeline gap of when our crewed systems will be coming online. I disagree with you though on where we should focus the types of systems we should focus on. Starting from the...

You only need to look south of the border to see what could possibly happen when diplomacy is only run through the political leaders without the filter of a professional diplomatic service. Canada has often been derided for only being good at "convening" and not at "acting". It's great that we...

Of course you might have to help out a bit during the voyage...

Personally I wouldn't put too much stock in any $ vs casualty calculation for any war. There are so many factors involved in the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of any military that can wildly swing the number of casualties, never mind the difficulty of calculating an actual cost.

Putting this here rather than starting a new thread. Austria - neutral by treaty - has twice scrambled fighters in response to US ISR aircraft entering their airspace without proper clearance: https://defence-blog.com/austria-confirms-fighter-jet-scrambles-against-u-s-military-aircraft/ While...

Well there are people that have equated our selling Canola to China or buying EV's from China as "getting in bed with them".

Does the same sentiment hold true for trading with China?

You're right. There are all kinds of new technologies and types of autonomous systems being developed to fulfil an almost endless number of roles in emerging warfare. We can't afford to try and be cutting edge on all of them. But ignoring emerging technologies all together in favour of...

True...and hopefully those stories don't end up in charges against the Paras! ;)

The thing is I get that the Sherman's were much easier to maintain that a Leopard 2A8 or an Abrams X so maybe while it was feasible to have them parked at the Aurora armoury then it's just not possible now. But look at the picture I posted. It was an exercise at Borden. There are several...

Yes. But the market for T-50's likely isn't as large as for the T-7A, so the opportunity to build a plant in Canada for Assembly in cooperation with Saab is better than the case for assembling T-50's with KAI.