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So Trump has volunteered to take over the Palestine Mandate and has appointed Tony Blair as his District Commissioner. The Arabs applaud. And Paratrooper Pook laughs in his grave...

Ever since the government announced it was upping the defence budget this entire thread has devolved into how to game the pension. Anybody interested in building an army?

Less blank verse. More haiku. Discipline.

Both sword and shield?

Apparently a positional army fights differently than one that manoeuvres

And history becomes what AI sez it is. Robots in the pulpit.

A ramp into a basement and you have a gun firing from cover with overhead protection and camouflage.

Brian Mulroney and OAS https://vancouversun.com/news/mcinnes-grey-power-potent-in-theory-not-in-practice

Right. All true. But perhaps we could push back a little societally and talk to people about the value of government and civic duties. As you say, there are skills that are needed in peace that will also be needed in war time. Perhaps we could let the people with those skills know that they...

I am a big fan of the reduced crewing model. Not because I have anything against sailors but because it seems to me that all ships, merchant and naval, around the world are having difficulty recruiting sailors. Having said that it makes no sense to me to try and reduce the crew in an old ship...

What would the headlines be if a group of rightwing politicians got together in a sponsored event every year? Carney, Albanese and Starmer, Canada, Australia and the UK having just cocked a snook at Trump over Palestine get together with the PM of Iceland. Global Progress Action Summit...

What the Orcs are getting right https://open.substack.com/pub/modernwarfare/p/what-the-bear-got-right-analysing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=29ob66 From defense and drones to economics and propaganda.

Oh well.

And the Koreans have... A surface to surface, anti ship, fire and forget variant with an 8 km range based on an IR seeker. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/07/lig-nex1-showcases-k-logir-rocket-at-rimpac-2022/

Split with the Typhoon? The twin engine fans would be content. AESA radar https://www.twz.com/british-eurofighter-finally-gets-advanced-swashplate-aesa-radar Lots of 70mm APKWS for taking down drones and cruise missiles...

More on my favourite 70mm rockets. https://www.twz.com/air/laser-guided-rockets-now-primary-anti-drone-weapon-for-usaf-jets-in-middle-east One launcher with multiple tubes. One rocket per tube. Rocket plus warhead plus point detonating fuze is a low cost ballistic artillery round comparable...

How about teaming up with charter schools for basic military training? Even one year long class in the senior year might create some usefully advanced volunteers.

Toss-up. Lost some sales. Lost some jobs.

In BC dairies I had to have an electrician, a mechanic and a fitter with me to service a pump and I had to tell which screw to turn in which direction in which order. In prairie dairies the operator and I worked together to achieve the same task in a fraction of the time. More complex tasks...

We're getting to our usual asymptote. Take students that are used to book learning and feed them. Use Wednesday nights for tests and confirmation. Use weekends for physical activities, field work, ranges, driving, first aid, comms... Then use one 12 day period for small unit training...