Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[KevinB]

First things first. Will.

Willing something to be true, don’t make it true

Canada cannot hope to fight the US, it’s just math and mass.

Just make it that there is zero reason nor an incentive for some asshat like our current President to try to do so.

 

[Kirkhill]

Willing something to be true, don’t make it true

Canada cannot hope to fight the US, it’s just math and mass.

Just make it that there is zero reason nor an incentive for some asshat like our current President to try to do so.

Without will, nothing else.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

I thought the normal lifecycle of warships involved spending a third of their time in refit (ie. not at sea)? The RN does need more warships, but those at sea figures don’t seem unusual.

Correct. But, the Type 23's are starting to spend more time in refit than usual as they are driven hard and getting to the end of their useful life (heard that one somewhere lese before?) and even with normal cycling, the UK is at the lowest number of frigates and destroyers they have ever had since WWII, while trying to operate two carrier strike groups, protect the approaches to their nuclear submarine deterrent and still show up in most of the planet's far away hot spot - not to mention frequent attendances at the Falklands for major surface ships for obvious reasons. They are over extended (again, heard that one before?).

The very Type 31 acquisition was developed just so they can maintain the current low number throughout the Type 26 acquisition program.

 

[ytz]

We're in a world where even cartels are using drones to drop grenades....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1899246362354430049

 

[KevinB]

We're in a world where even cartels are using drones to drop grenades....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1899246362354430049

Somewhat disappointed that the vehicle was not actually an armored one.

But we are in a world where a high school kid could use a drone to drop explosives. Doesn't take much to get a drone, a remote release system, or make impact fuzed pipe bombs. Heck I can get everything for those at Home Depot and Walmart - would take me about an hour to make 4-5, and half of that would be driving to the stores.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Somewhat disappointed that the vehicle was not actually an armored one.

But we are in a world where a high school kid could use a drone to drop explosives. Doesn't take much to get a drone, a remote release system, or make impact fuzed pipe bombs. Heck I can get everything for those at Home Depot and Walmart - would take me about an hour to make 4-5, and half of that would be driving to the stores.

Good thing we have such an advanced level of drone use in the CAF right now then, right?

 

[Cloud Cover]

Good thing we have such an advanced level of drone use in the CAF right now then, right?

Let Spender* (sic) Fernando know. He’ll start an immediate war bond drive to buy drones for our troops…

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1899493587647090902

 

[MilEME09]

Let Spender* (sic) Fernando know. He’ll start an immediate war bond drive to buy drones for our troops…

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1899493587647090902

He ain't wrong, let's buy 700 senators, hundreds of more LAVs, replace all our .50 cals, crv7, LVM etc get smaller shipyards on the great lakes making support ships or corvettes. Start building infrastructure across the country for the reg force and reserves to suit our needs and growth for the next 40 years.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Personally I think trucks like the Senator, Ghurka and similar produced in Canada, in their several variants (transport, pick up, ambulance, mortar carrier, flat deck with hiab crane, fitter, command, drone carrier — whatever else that can be made) should be set into permanent improvement evolution production and not limited to a specific number. Roshel is even making prototype variants based on Unimog chassis and we should look into that*. But we need these to be made in Canada as fully as possible. We needs thousands of vehicles, with hundreds if them prepositioned throughout the country.

* if only to see just how badly our procurement system can f*ck that up.

 

[daftandbarmy]

He ain't wrong, let's buy 700 senators, hundreds of more LAVs, replace all our .50 cals, crv7, LVM etc get smaller shipyards on the great lakes making support ships or corvettes. Start building infrastructure across the country for the reg force and reserves to suit our needs and growth for the next 40 years.

Convert all Class A positions to Class B positions and you'll get about another 10,000 full timers on strength almost overnight