https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/major-trends-and-takeaways-from-the-defense-departments-unfunded-priority-lists/
Comment - It is interesting to compare this unfunded 29.4 BUSD wish list to the 94 BUSD aid package just voted through the House today. The argument in both cases is that...
When this
becomes this
we might infer this
....
Orkneys.
3700 BC and the bowl at the top was all the fashion. The characteristic feature is the round bottom. It is known as Unstan Ware and was found in a particular type of cairn or mausoleum like that at the Knap o' Howar
By...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy
Pournelle's corollary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle
All hail the community organizer.
I wanted to take another run at this one. Without the snark this time. I can get a bit tetchy on the subject. At times it has been hard to know if I am a Canadian or not. I could have had a lot more holidays if I had accepted every offer to send me back where I came from.
Born in Scotland...
This article may be a bit stale. It is from May 2023.
https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/defense-operations/us-army-turns-focus-division-level
Constant change. Continuous improvement.
What is it the air types call it? Relaxed stability? Aircraft that are designed to be unstable so as to...
https://www.forces.net/services/navy/hms-dragon-nears-return-action-after-major-refit
Name
Dragon
Ordered
December 2000
Builder
BVT Surface Fleet
Yard number
1064[3]
Laid down
19 December 2005
Launched
17 November 2008
These ships were troubled by their new electric-drive...
2012 - Canadian owned mine seized by local rebels and forced to cease operations.
2018 - local government hires Wagner mercenaries to clear out the rebels
2020 - Wagner seizes the mine
2020 - Wagner starts operating the mine for its own benefit, independent of both the local government and the...
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/houthi-missiles-do-far-more-damage-to-trade-than-to-actual-ships-1.2024212
Contributing factors? My guesses.
Very big ships. Heavily compartmentalized (Maersk Triple Es carry 18,000 40 foot sea cans - each one a separate watertight compartment). Small crews (13...
Couldn't find one so making one
Starting with Sir John A. MacDonald
Greg Piasetzki: McMaster University's ignorant apology over Sir John A. Macdonald Day
Attacks on Canada's first prime minister show no effort at a balanced review of the historical record
Author of the article:
Greg Piasetzki...
We have discussed APS (Active Protection Systems) in the context of tanks but I think it is time we considered the APS as a system unto itself.
APS is now being installed on tanks, IFVs, APCs, support vehicles and 4x4s as well as under consideration for static applications.
Which leads me to...
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