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Well, the trend in social media is moving towards “leftist” or “righty”. Essentially if anything has even the remotest whiff of socialism, lefty and if you disagree with that whiff, righty. It’s shorter, but probably no more accurate.

Ahem, expert here…it’s a $1.50. I plan my whole waistline around Costco hotdog economics.

If you were really being pessimistic, you’d have noted Trump may still be there AFTER 2029…

I’ve always heard it said that politicians were unhung criminals…I guess we’d know for sure then…

Now, is the design that is being finalized going to be the one that both SS and Davie will build? I don’t know that I’ve seen it said anywhere that Davie has been involved in the current design process mentioned above.

Well, there’s always jumping in with the ROK on the Boromae program. I mean, it’s getting to the point that I’d like to just show up in Seoul with a shopping list for the Army, Navy and Air Force. Realistic or not for the fighter, I think the South Koreans would be willing partners across the...

Finally got the chance to sit down and watch this whole tour. Very impressive ship and set up. My 17 year old twins were even paying attention and expressed some interest in Navy life. That shows the power of exposure. More of this and you may just get more of a buy in, even from this generation.

I only wish it had a little more space for future proofing. Not really anywhere for ISO containers, UAV/S systems or any weapons upgrades. Probably work well for coastal patrols and OP CARIBBE, tho hard to say how much room for a LEDETS team.

No, but I could probably get you Chrétien as a Plan B?

This is what I would try before the Red Green blood transfusion, for the record. Or, adjust the scope of CMMC to something actually doable under a 1000t at a smaller yard and really lean into containerized mission kits. @Czech_pivo is right on the money about fleet numbers for a long time to...

I agree that the ideal solution would be do exactly as you state and fund the RCN, as well as properly equip them. As for the inevitably of the sit and wait for the RIVERS, you’re gonna get people pitching ideas in the interim and sometimes those ideas will make sense, if even modified...

I can’t speak for everyone, but for myself the draw to having CCG fulfil a stronger maritime security mandate stems from the RCN running out of resources and already being overtaxed themselves. I less see that as less being military fetishized and more as searching for a practical solution to a...

I see the point you’re making, Colin, but even RCN boarding parties are made up from a very wide variety of trades. I’m sure there are people better informed than me that can vouch for how diverse boarding party backgrounds can be. Might be the very thing that provides a nice change of pace for...

I don’t think the proposal was meant to turn the CCG into an armed service in the same way as the Navy. It was largely intended to be a step towards making use of the much larger fleet availability as a constabulary tool, as you rightly noted. The proposal took into account the starting point...

There was a podcast on the CGAI network recently that talked about this exactly. If the Captain and possibly other officers were “commissioned” with the authority to apply and enforce the law at sea, any CCG vessel becomes a vessel of opportunity in a security setting, negating the need for...

There was a podcast on the CGAI network recently that talked about this exactly. If the Captain and possibly other officers were “commissioned” with the authority to apply and enforce the law at sea, any CCG vessel becomes a vessel of opportunity in a security setting, negating the need for...

Weren’t Heddle and Seaspan working together in some sort of joint capacity? Maybe they have in mind some sort of arrangement where Heddle assembles modules from VSY or vice versa…though, that’s one hell of trip from BC to the lake…

Although it would be beneficial were another class of ship be procured, ie CMMC.

So, if we’re looking at the fleet composition for the end of 2029, it’s possibly (if not probably) going to be 7-8 frigates, 6 AOPS, a couple of Vics and 2-3 oilers (not counting ORCAS or tied up school hulls). Under 20 combat ships, all in.