Recent content by Kirkhill

And yet other navies sail Offshore Patrol Vessels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(P233) .... I am hearing arguments for an array of UAS systems, layers of guns and missiles. Doesn't the RCN, and the Government, benefit from having a broad array of vessels available? Does every...

https://news.usni.org/2024/05/07/gao-tells-senate-panel-u-s-shipyards-are-major-readiness-concern https://defence-blog.com/us-navy-looks-to-buy-foreign-used-ships/#google_vignette I know the article is about transport vessels but Offshore Supply Vessels of the type I mentioned previously are...

I'll stand corrected on the AOPS but based on a long time observing the commentary on this site I can't say that I have detected an abundance of enthusiasm for operations in the Arctic.

Tales of heraldry The Lion Rampant - Symbol of Scotland But The Lion Rampant Crowned is the symbol of the House of Habsburg The Lion Rampant Uncrowned is the symbol of the Duchy of Holland - a client of the House of Hapsburg. It is also the symbol of the Mormaer of Fife, the senior earl of...

That makes it sound a lot like Cornwallis circa 1969. Able Cadet Kirkhill in attendance.

I enjoy being grumpy. Age brings a certain license. Not to be abused. Socially I am much more liberal now than I was as a youngster. Unfortunately for the Progressives they are still progressing much faster than I am comfortable with. On economics - still a free market capitalist. On...

Nah. You've got another decade or two to see the light. ;)

I agree on the White Papers - I would prefer if they came out on an annual basis and regularly reflected reality. I guess where I come adrift is when I look back at the number of times governments made proposals to meet their perception of priorities and discovered that they couldn't implement...

Overlapping symbols Eaglelord. The Crown surmounted by Three Eagle Feathers? https://www.canadaukfoundation.org/newsletter/the-significance-of-eagle-feathers#:~:text=Eagle%20feathers%20are%20considered%20very,for%20his%20or%20her%20role.

If I am understanding the US situation clearly the US Air Force, Space Force and Alaska Air National Guard are currently having the Class B/C debate in real time. https://www.stripes.com/branches/space_force/2024-05-07/air-space-force-national-guard-governors-troops-13783950.html...

Interesting rankings 2. Justin Trudeau — 65% (September 2016)[7] 5. Justin Trudeau — 28% (April 2024)[8] 3. Stephen Harper — 64% (March 2006)[6] 2. Stephen Harper — 23% (May 2013)[6] 6. Paul Martin — 56% (September 2004)[6] 8. Paul Martin —...

And bring your own bag of oats for the voyage.

What I particularly liked about the Aussie declaration was there was no reference to the United Kingdom or any other realms. Their King Charles is King of Australia. And that is enough.

I give you Fraser, MacKenzie(s), MacDonald, Galt, Hamilton, .... Nova Scotia.

Also universities are one of the few places that are places. People could gather in Algonquin Park but that probably wouldn't get as much attention as gathering at King's College. The other thing is, given that the objective is to disrupt enough to draw cameras to the event then older...