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  1. Colin Parkinson

    Trump Class Battleships?

    Needs a 8" gun at the very least
  2. Colin Parkinson

    Trump administration 2024-2028

    Print the document, redact physically by blanking, felt pen, cutting, scan remaining bits and upload.
  3. Colin Parkinson

    Vickers Gun

    It used to under the old laws that it was not a replica if it could fire some sort of projectile, not sure if that still holds true?
  4. Colin Parkinson

    Armyrick's Land Healing Farm...

    They were waiting for you to come out, to show you how you goofed and extract bribes from you.
  5. Colin Parkinson

    2025 U.S. - Venezuela conflict

    That was a WWII cruiser, sunk by a WWII torpedo. AI response to "How many torpedo did it take to sink a WWII battleship on average" During World War II, sinking a battleship generally required 3 to 5 torpedo hits for standard modern designs, though this number varied significantly based on...
  6. Colin Parkinson

    2025 U.S. - Venezuela conflict

    You need to be in around 30,000 DWT Had the US kept their BB's active and continuously upgrading them, then they be highly useful today. Particularly in dealing with the Houthi's. However just repairing the piping alone would take years and besides the fact, people don't know how to run the...
  7. Colin Parkinson

    Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

    Well we do, we pay Sweden for the right to construct furniture in our own homes.
  8. Colin Parkinson

    Trump administration 2024-2028

    Is it redacting or just not duplicating previously released material?
  9. Colin Parkinson

    14 Dec 2025: Bondi Beach Australia Hanukkah Attack

    Pretty sure they put an ISIS flag on a vehicle just prior to shooting.
  10. Colin Parkinson

    Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Edison meets with a sympathetic committee
  11. Colin Parkinson

    Canadian River Class Destroyer Megathread

    We have meet the enemy and they are us.......
  12. Colin Parkinson

    Canadian River Class Destroyer Megathread

    As always, had we invested in the Reserves, the Naval Reservist could provide harbour security and route survey/clearance of the port they are nearest. Covering the same area year after year will build local knowledge, and the abilty to pass on the knowledge and skills. A lot of those junior...
  13. Colin Parkinson

    Replacing the Subs

    HMCS Corner Brook back from a Northern Pacific and Western Arctic region deployment
  14. Colin Parkinson

    Islamic Terrorism in the West ( Mega thread)

    There are some kids that have no concept of action/consequences and never will. Most of the students understand that of these kids. However there are a lot of kids who are partly on the spectrum but can understand action and consequences and have learned to exploit their "handicap". In fact we...
  15. Colin Parkinson

    Islamic Terrorism in the West ( Mega thread)

    Public schools espouse a series of standards and principles they claim to promote, however they generally follow the path of least resistance when things get messy. My daughter was getting harassed by a kid with 'issues" and the teachers and principle were ignoring his behaviour and giving him a...
  16. Colin Parkinson

    Replacing the Subs

    A interesting write-up on speciality steel production in Canada, by Noah...
  17. Colin Parkinson

    New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

    Meanwhile the US pivots once more on their frigate program. I suspect that any "Good idea fairy" in the vicinity will be shot on sight. https://news.usni.org/2025/12/19/secnav-new-frigate-will-be-based-on-national-security-cutter-first-ffx-to-be-built-at-ingalls
  18. Colin Parkinson

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Even today in the US, the average legal machine gun goes for around $20,000, not to mention the cost of feeding such a thing. Average deaths by long guns of any type in the US is around 400 per year. That's about 1.01 people killed out of a million people a year.
  19. Colin Parkinson

    Replacing the Subs

    Of course if a company is making a specialized dishwasher for the subs, it is making "Submarine components" In the early 2000's Canadian shipbuilding companies were making components for hydro dams as they were the only ones in country with the abilty to produce custom shaped large diameter...
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