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  1. Kirkhill

    Replacing the Subs

    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...
  2. Kirkhill

    US Navy News

    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...
  3. Kirkhill

    Replacing the Subs

    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.
  4. Kirkhill

    King Charles III

    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...
  5. Kirkhill

    Army Reserve Restructuring

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

    King Charles III

    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...
  7. Kirkhill

    King Charles III

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

    Replacing the Subs

    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...
  9. Kirkhill

    King Charles III

    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.
  10. Kirkhill

    Army Reserve Restructuring

    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...
  11. Kirkhill

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    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 —...
  12. Kirkhill

    Liberal Minority Government 2021 - ????

    And bring your own bag of oats for the voyage.
  13. Kirkhill

    King Charles III

    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.
  14. Kirkhill

    Liberal Minority Government 2021 - ????

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

    Hamas invaded Israel 2023

    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...
  16. Kirkhill

    Sikh & India (Alleged) Shenanigans in Canada (split fm Non-Muslim terr thread)

    Everything boils down to choices, doesn't it? Making judgements. Being discriminating. Arbitrating. And not every judgement is going to be universally acclaimed.
  17. Kirkhill

    Replacing the Subs

    See, right there, is my problem. It isn't CRCN's Navy any more than it CCA's Army or CRCAF's Air Force or CCCG's Coast Guard. I hear a lot of complaints about the Government not giving direction. And yet I can think of a number of instances when the Government was clear in its direction and...
  18. Kirkhill

    Army Reserve Restructuring

    Depends on the windspeed too - a 40 knot carrier heading into the wind. Or landing at Lethbridge on any given day. Currently we're at about 80 km/h.
  19. Kirkhill

    Army Reserve Restructuring

    Gaming the system? Or negotiating the better contract?
  20. Kirkhill

    Sikh & India (Alleged) Shenanigans in Canada (split fm Non-Muslim terr thread)

    https://willowbunchmuseum.ca/history-of-willow-bunch/sitting-bull-and-willow-bunch/
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