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  1. NavyShooter

    Baltimore Bridge Collapse

    Saw this today - a pretty good take on things. I think.
  2. NavyShooter

    Baltimore Bridge Collapse

    Question - what impact will this have on the US strategically? I mean, it sure looks like an accident...but a lot of things look like accidents, and a lot of Hillary C's friends have also 'committed suicide' so....who knows?
  3. NavyShooter

    Range Card Template PDF + ADREP CASEVAC and Contact Report 2024-03-26

    A handy range card template I was sent that I thought I'd share.
  4. NavyShooter

    The War in Ukraine

    Which is why I'm thinking that in the near term, the Chinese may simply push north and west instead of out to Taiwan. The N/W route becomes much simpler once the Russian Bear is not just distracted, but also de-clawed by NATO.
  5. NavyShooter

    The War in Ukraine

    In the end, I don't think the war in Ukraine really matters much. The next big one will be in the Pacific. That said, demolishing the Russian reserve stocks of war material while testing western war technologies in a space that does not result in NATO deaths is...well...not a bad place to be...
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  7. NavyShooter

    AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)

    A NATO compatible fleet oiler with military 'experience' and some equipment - equipped with counter UAS gear? Sounds like something that any idiot would love to rent/lease. Which is probably exactly why the RCN will attempt to divest itself.
  8. NavyShooter

    AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)

    Call it 'value added' - we'd never get that out of the other east coast shipyard/organization. They're protecting a company asset - makes good sense, particularly with the way we always seem to forward deploy our tanker(s).
  9. NavyShooter

    The Defence Budget [superthread]

    The problem isn't just money. It's old hardware, old infrastructure, not enough people, and overworking the people you have left. How do you fix it? How do you get new hardware without the people to push the procurement? How do you get new infrastructure without the money? How do you get...
  10. NavyShooter

    C3 Howitzer Replacement

    So does the XM-8, the SPIW, project SALVO, and so on...
  11. NavyShooter

    Canadian Surface Combatant RFQ

    It's hard to not leave things parked when you only have crews for half the ships...and firing more people won't help. To build warships is something that takes a nation's treasure. To build effective crews is something that takes a nation's best that want to serve. Right now, we live in a...
  12. NavyShooter

    Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels (MCDVs)

    Technically incorrect....we have 4 subs....and we could probably put 3 of them to sea (depending on current maintenance status) but would probably only get one of them back (again, depending on current maintenance status.)
  13. NavyShooter

    Brian Mulroney has died

    Rest Peacefully.
  14. NavyShooter

    The War in Ukraine

    I like that concept - how about take that a step further and add a NATO no-Fly Zone and let the zoomies establish a level of airspace control as well?
  15. NavyShooter

    "Football, ice hockey ... shooting? Finland hopes hobby will boost national defence"

    Around the time of the Boer War, the British Army realized that they got out-shot. The result was a national drive towards marksmanship, with considerable funds put into ranges, and much support for marksmanship programs. Interesting to see that a world at war is thinking that having folks...
  16. NavyShooter

    Canadian Surface Combatant RFQ

    There can be as much discussion as we'd like to have about the various things that we think the RCN 'needs'. To be blunt, we'll get what the GOC gives us, and it won't happen soon enough. The discussion of Mistrals, 280 replacements, MCDV replacements, the BHS, all of those ships 'have...
  17. NavyShooter

    Canadian Surface Combatant RFQ

    Agreed. As mentioned, a crew of 50 means actually about 20-ish people on watch at a time, and very limited ability to respond to other shipboard emergencies.
  18. NavyShooter

    Canadian Surface Combatant RFQ

    So....back to the concept of the HMCS Bras D'or? With a bunch of fast, lightly armed, lightly crewed ships? A concept that was discarded decades ago....? I'm not sure what right looks like anymore on this. I do know that we need ships, and we need sailors. Truly, I think the...
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