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I think the real problem is that a lot of money is getting spent on administrative details associated with procurements, maintenance and operations, training, etc. and not on the kit and personnel itself. By way of example, consider the huge length of time it typically takes to actually deliver...

Unfortunately, Canadians generally have been sucking on the government teat for so long that they cannot conceive of any military procurement being done in Canada without 'regional and industrial benefits'. Want some sure votes? Set up a procurement project and promise that the industrial...

"... we want fewer soldiers, sailors, airmen, out of harm's way... so little Canada can hide behind America's skirts." That phrase from the article pretty well says it all. Hiding behind America's skirts is what we've always done. It's the biggest reason why Canada has no real sovereignty even...

My thinking is that all you will be able to realistically do with lightly armoured vehicles like the proposed Duro APV, G-Wagen C&R, MOWAG Eagle, and so on is rear echelon or extreme flank recce and security. These vehicles are simply too lightly armoured to be employed successfully in even...

The idea of fielding a war-fighting army in what are effectively armoured cars (i.e. LAV's) strikes me as idiotic. The only way the Canadian Army's LAV concept can work is if the troops mounted in them never encounter anything more than poorly trained light infantry with a minimum of heavy...