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The principal justifications offered by the Minister and Hiller were threefold for purchasing MGS and getting rid of tanks.  First off, according to both, the Leopard’s weight made it too heavy for easy transport to overseas crisis areas, while its size prevented it from manoeuvring in tight...

That LAV that got hit by an RPG was part of the response to a major gun fight: http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/04/15/afghan-cdn060415.html Nice job by the Afghans and our troops. We bagged 13 Taliban troops as prisoners, and sent 41 to push up some daises. Nice job.

The only problem that concerns me is the fact that Canada is procuring 3 different direct fire systems (MGS, LAV-TUA, and MMEV) when in the past, 2 direct fire systems (one gun, one missile) was considered enough during the Cold War. Argueably, any future mission the CF will deploy on will be...

Actually, an example can be shown here: The older versions of the Boeing 737 (except the very early models), namely the 737-300, 737-400, and 737-500 have this type of cockpit, with both analog and digital displays: The newest versions, the 737-600, 737-700, 737-800 and 737-900 have a fully...

I remember an answer for this, and it applies from commercial aviation. One American airline, Southwest Airlines, due to the structure of its fleet (single airplane type: Boeing 737), has it's newer airplanes that are fitted with a glass cockpit programmed so that regular steam gauges show up on...

Once saw a MiG-21 on eBay once... fully operational (just demilitarized), complete with FAA certificate, and a pair of spare engines.

Probally, from an engineering standpoint. If the replacements for the CPF and the DDH's are also using diesel cruise engines, perhaps use the same diesel engine in the icebreakers, but put more of them, and attach them to a electric generator, as conventional icebreakers tend to be...

Cost of oil has gone significantly up the past couple of months, and it is impacting everyone. And don't expect the price of oil to come back down, unfortunately.  :(

What can of ice can she handle?

It was based off the NRX design and was donated by us in 1960 (curiously, NRX suffered a partial meltdown in 1952). The Americans supplied the heavy water needed to operate the reactor. When the Indians blew up their first bomb, it prompted a major outcry here, and we cut off any future exchange...

The CANDU reactor technology? It requires no enrichment, but it is easy to get plutonium from this reactor design as you do not need to enrich the uranium, and it can be reloaded without having to turn off the reactor.

I respect the heck out of Romeo Dallaire for what he has done under the circumstances when he was in Rwanda. What is happening in Darfur is similar to what has happened in Rwanda, and Dallaire is pretty much the best person we have to review our plans.

According to the article, Chinooks sold under the US Army program will be fully refurbished by Boeing IDS. So we are in effect getting fully refurbished Chinooks from Boeing. Edit: And the reasoning is simple according to CASR: The US Army will take the money and use it for brand spanking new...

Luckly, there is little chance of us of having to go against a stealth fighter in the future... although I am aware that the Chinese are working on a stealth fighter at this moment (the J-XX project). The point of a stealth fighter for the Americans is to get up close enough to launch their...

They just posted that FYI. I just read it, and it appears to be about some sort of multi-way trade between the US Army, Boeing, Canada, and Chile to get ex. US Army Chinooks that needs to be refurbished, but the US Army has no money to refurbish them, so Boeing buys them, they give them to us in...

I am thinking that the airplane should have some point defense capability to do NORAD patrols over our cities. The jets I have mentioned have the ability to fire AIM-9 missiles at airplanes, plus have some form of radar to help spot them.

And guess what? It's Canadian (It's a modified Bombardier Global Express corporate jet). :cdn:

I am thinking of how the South Koreans are arranging their air forces. Canada and South Korea are about equal in terms of GDP. In terms of government income, Canada and South Korea are equal. However, while Canada spends 1.2% of it's GDP on defense (for a total of around $13 billion US), South...

We also have to be careful how we deal with Iran, otherwise, we could ignite a Islamic Holy War against the West, and that would be even uglier. Right now, provide some incentives for Iran to be more forthcomming about the program and encourage Iran to be more open is all we can do.

I am advocating a lightweight, cheap fighter aircraft that can be easily deployed overseas for cheap in situations where a more complex fighter is too much. Take Afganistan or perhaps a possible Darfur deployment. In both situations, it is highly unlikely your going to be encountering a MiG or a...