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

[Maxman1]

Are you able to say if you’re off in a corner by yourself with a large white board and a box of dry erase markers putting this all together or, are you part of a larger effort connecting the dots and pulling on all the threads?

 

[Halifax Tar]

WRT hardening infrastructure there is a Quebec based company that should make a killing out of its dual use civil-military catalog

Skynex – Networked air defence

The modern air defence system Oerlikon Skynex is based on a concept to separate air traffic control from the effectors.

www.rheinmetall.com

Keep the heavy stuff in storage until the day war breaks out then add the local air defence battery on the net.

 

[ytz]

If y'all want to see how this is being done by the pros... See this presentation by CFD:

https://paxsims.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cn2025-keeble-cdtip.pdf

And the above modelling and sim is part of this:

Future force design - Canada.ca

As Minister of National Defence, I have the privilege to present the Departmental Plan for Fiscal Year 2024-25. This report identifies the priorities of the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and the initiatives that will guide these priorities to...

www.canada.ca

 

[ytz]

The NPSA enters the chat...


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And the MGS:

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Yep. Looking at stuff like this is more important than kit. "Armies win battles. Nations win wars." The constant focus on technology and procurement, while understandable (and possibly even excusable) is a massive failing. Kit is only one facet of DOTMLPF. And winning wars requires addressing all of it and across government and society from the DIME perspective.

 

[FJAG]

Yep. Looking at stuff like this is more important than kit. "Armies win battles. Nations win wars." The constant focus on technology and procurement, while understandable (and possibly even excusable) is a massive failing. Kit is only one facet of DOTMLPF. And winning wars requires addressing all of it and across government and society from the DIME perspective.

When I see the acronyms like "DOTMLPF" it reminds me of Ian Hope's article in the 2001-2 in The Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin which puts forward the proposition that "doctrine" is a comprehensive concept that includes cognitive, procedural, organizational, material, and moral components. (See attached document - excuse the highlighting).

This was a critical issue at the time (and as it probably is now) in light of the transformation ongoing in the army from a Cold War force.

In effect the "OTMLPF" elements are all a subset of doctrine, not stand alone components.

 

[ytz]

When I see the acronyms like "DOTMLPF" it reminds me of Ian Hope's article in the 2001-2 in The Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin which puts forward the proposition that "doctrine" is a comprehensive concept that includes cognitive, procedural, organizational, material, and moral components. (See attached document - excuse the highlighting).

This was a critical issue at the time (and as it probably is now) in light of the transformation ongoing in the army from a Cold War force.

In effect the "OTMLPF" elements are all a subset of doctrine, not stand alone components.

There's a number of ways to skin the proverbial cat. But the overall point here is that far too much attention, focus and effort is dedicated to seeing every single problem as solved by some procurement. That is dangerous and possibly even counterproductive. Kit that you buy with proper doctrine, organization, training, etc. is a target. Not a weapon that enables you to win the fight.

To that end, CDTIP (linked above) is superceding previous capability based planning. CFD is doing something like the example I gave here. They are putting up scenarios and pulling the threads to identify all of the gaps (not just kit), so that they can drive real institutional and governmental change. It's slow. It's tedious. But they are doing god's work in my opinion.