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

[CountDC]

We literally have not seen this level of spending in 40 years.

Literally nobody serving today in uniform or the Public Service has seen this in their career.

Hmmmm - 40 years ago i was in uniform and I have a co-worker that was also in 40 years ago. Thinking the literally falls apart on one of those lines.

 

[ytz]

Hmmmm - 40 years ago i was in uniform and I have a co-worker that was also in 40 years ago. Thinking the literally falls apart on one of those lines.

So like all five of you. LOL. Stand by for posting to ADM(POL) and ADM(FIN).

 

[Kirkhill]

Anything coming for Prince Rupert/Vancouver also looks like it's coming for Seattle.

Anything coming for our east coast ports also looks like it's coming for US northeast ports.

Land-based coastal defence has a business case, just like every other potential capability, but it should be way, way down on the to-do list.

A CF-18 is land based.
Its primary role is air defence.
It is also available for coastal defence and to support ground forces.

It only adds 540 km to any missile it is carrying. That is roughly the range of the first iteration of the PrSM which can be launched from the 26 HIMARS we are buying ( apparently). That range is increasing to 1500 km in the next iteration and well beyond that in the future.

The HIMARS-PrSM combination is a lot more cost effective than the CF-18 Cold Lake combination with or without the additional cost of MRTTs.

And the costs of missiles is going down while the capabilities are going up.

I understand that even Canada can now look at launching its own satellites on its own missiles from its own launch site.

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[CountDC]

So like all five of you. LOL. Stand by for posting to ADM(POL) and ADM(FIN).

I'll take the Adm(FIN). Worked there before and it was great. Make it quick though as I release in a month and want to get the posting money.

 

[Brad Sallows]

A CF-18 is land based.
Its primary role is air defence.
It is also available for coastal defence and to support ground forces.

It only adds 540 km to any missile it is carrying. That is roughly the range of the first iteration of the PrSM which can be launched from the 26 HIMARS we are buying ( apparently). That range is increasing to 1500 km in the next iteration and well beyond that in the future.

The HIMARS-PrSM combination is a lot more cost effective than the CF-18 Cold Lake combination with or without the additional cost of MRTTs.

And the costs of missiles is going down while the capabilities are going up.

I understand that even Canada can now look at launching its own satellites on its own missiles from its own launch site.

Students from Concordia University look to make history with first Canadian rocket launch in years | Watch News Videos Online

Watch Students from Concordia University look to make history with first Canadian rocket launch in years Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Check out this video from this search, canada first space rocket https://share.google/z5bsZjx3QjV5VuQ0U

Sure.

But not right now. Let's see if we can get a firing battalion for the army going first.

 

[Kirkhill]

Sure.

But not right now. Let's see if we can get a firing battalion for the army going first.

I am fine with that.
I just agree with @FJAG that the HIMARS system offers a lot of DoC options and a lit of growth potential.

And I will say the same of any GBAD/CUAS purchases.

 

[Cloud Cover]

You army guys are so obsessed with getting toys that you refuse to understand how our sea control system works. We do our best to detect, classify and sometimes even intercept ships thousands of km from our shores. If it's a military threat? A coastal launcher will not be as quick to respond or have the range of a P-8, F-35 or MQ-9. If we're at the point where we need a coastal defence battery to drive up to a pad to fire off a missile with 500 km of range at most, something has seriously gone wrong.

Also, unless the ROEs change and we're now going the American route of blowing up dinghies indiscriminately, the government generally wants us to actually support law enforcement doing the boarding and detaining part. Blowing them up isn't the first priority.

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