Recent content by Kirkhill

A lifetime is round about 70 years, or just shy of three generations. Every generation invents sex. And every 70 years we get to do everything all over again.

Why this is an inflection and not just a disturbance. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/03/robert_lighthizer_trump_is_right_to_fix_our_broken_trade_system.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lighthizer Carlson: Lighthizer: Which brings to mind Herbert Stein's...

Play mix and match. Buy stuff from the Yanks to meet their and our needs. Buy other stuff from the best of the rest. Learn how to build the stuff that meets our particular requirements.

We will probably do better with some friendly help.

Something like this? https://euro-sd.com/2022/11/news/27997/fire-control-systems-for-the-canadian-army/ Aimpoint FCS13, suitable for any ballistic trajectory weapon -...

But back to the Boxer/RCH155 combination https://www.forcesnews.com/services/army/boxer-tested-see-how-far-rch-155-howitzer-variant-can-tip-it-topples 45 degree side slope with the turret in static load tests. Nothing yet on firing stability.

I would read it this way. 1. The Truck and the Launcher are separate this continues a trend noted with the Boxer (which loads modules on to a common drive train) and NASAMs, Coastal Defence and Skynex 2. That suggests A. That the truck employed is immaterial B. That the truck and...

And, from the article, this .... The biggest artillery park in Europe, comparable to the Poles. Long range missiles launched from a variety of platforms. And as many F18s as we have, being replace 1 for 1 by F35s. (Taking advantage of the ability of the F35 to do more by doing more, not by...

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Och, how hard can it be? You point a zoomie in the general direction of a target and he calls back when he gets there. Kratos has been flying drones to waypoints for decades.

If you are going to collapse the RCAF into Mirabel I have another proposal for you. Collapse it into the Carling Campus. A Squadron of Kratos Valkyrie MQ-58As in the SW fields should get the job done. Arm them with MBDA Meteors. 2 per aircraft. As you can see from the red circle that...

It's both. The future has to be redundancy. Not efficiency.

Turreted mortars for units with vehicles - Eg 14x 120mm tanks + 4x 120mm NEMOs in a squadron. If the 120mm mortar can be safely fired from a baseplate then you could add the 120 to the infantry battalions or leave them with the 81s and recreate the Machine Gun Battalions Machine Gun...

That would work smashingly with designated Military Districts and Areas. Atlantic Militia AreaEastern New Brunswick Militia District Western New Brunswick Militia District Western Nova Scotia Militia District Cape Breton Militia District Prince Edward Island Militia District...