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The problem is Layton is a bit beholden to the more left-wing section of the NDP, which has its power base in Ontario. Layton has to pretty much appeal to this section to ensure he survives a leadership review, or garner enough votes to remain in Parliament. Once you leave Ontario however, the...

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060507/w050714.html Excerpts: Sounds like we have some severely frustrated Taliban, no? Even the AT-1 Snapper mentioned here is fairly primative, as it is a first generation guided AT missile (meaning it is controlled by a joystick)... and once you understand the...

I am inclinded to say that there is no chance that the US can acutally shut down all of the nuclear sites by force unless the US goes in with ground troops. Air strikes won't cut it, some of the facilities are deeply burried and well fortified, which will more than easily take a normal bunker...

I am inclinded to say that the info package was wrong. 2 rounds, either 175mm or 8" are carried on the gun.

The thing is with Iran, Ahmadinjad, the president really has no real power on foreign or security policy, and in fact, the Iranian government and the ruling mulahs have actually moved to reduce the amount of power he wields because frankly, he has become a liability to the Iranian regime, as he...

Didn't know where to put this, so I will place it here: http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/05/05/Navigation/177/206430/Pictures+Sabena+Technics+hangar+blaze+destroys+C-130H+Hercules+and+Armavia.html 1 C-130 totally destroyed by the hangar fire at Sabena Technics at Brussels airport, plus...

Just to give an idea of how expensive the ADATS missile is, it is about 300,000 bucks per missile. For comparison's sake, TOW has a per missile cost of $25000-45000, according to someone at Raytheon Missiles (all in US Dollars), which is 1/6 of ADATS. Hellfire is around $58,000 USD per missile...

There was a proposal to turn the C-17 into a tanker, but that was scrapped due to the incrediably high costs and the early delays of the C-17, as stated here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1993/PAB.htm The report was by the US Marine Corps, and as you can see, they have...

It should be standard 120mm mortar ammo, according to the information I have on it: http://defence-data.com/eurosatory2000/pagees04.htm Don't think it was fitted to a LAV III yet... but the similar BAE AMS II 120mm mortar turret has been fitted to a LAV III and also fits on a M113 or MTVL...

Colin, meet AMOS (Advanced Mortar System): http://www.patriahagglunds.fi/amos.html Also, there is the Strix anti-tank mortar round, which is specially developed for AMOS in mind. http://www.defense-update.com/products/s/strix.htm

And to add a quick note, it is well within the RCMP's legal rights to request that the military make resources avaiable to them. This legal ability (written into Canada's laws) is called Military Aid to the Civil Power (MACP), which is found in the National Defence Act. This right is used by the...

It is more of the T-50's can take on the numerous MiG-17's, MiG-19's, MiG-21's and MiG-23's that the North Koreans have, as the North Koreans don't exactly have many MiG-29's (Global Security indicates they have around 20 MiG-29's compared over 300 of the other types). And remember, most of...

What we are suggesting is that we purchase a low end fighter/high end trainer that is capable of waxing at least an airliner if needed, like a high end advanced trainer. The CF-18 will be relegated to the sharp end of the air force's offensive stick, while the proposed jet is more of a light...

Pretty much. I am thinking that user nations had both tubes in stock, plus a couple of cranes and related vehicles to change the gun tubes, and besides, both calibers had their uses. The 8" round had excellent accuracy, and can carry a big payload (including nuclear artillery shells), while the...

I did some digging, and there is no record of Germany using the M110 A2 8" SP gun from my searches... however, I have found information that the Germans used the similar M107 175mm gun, which uses the carriage of the M110, but different gun tube, and was primarily used by US Forces in NATO...

We already stripped her down for parts... We looted her for parts to get Corner Brook ready... though that was the British Ministry of Defence fault for doing the looting.

I think that we can just install a pair of Stinger missiles launchers on the icebreaker (as seen here: http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/Weapons/Missiler/StingerLV.htm) and call it a day.

Well, they are kinda doing it right now, with the current fleet of tankers. The KC-135E's (which are due for replacement in this tanker order) are using the Pratt TF-33 low bypass turbofans, while the slightly newer KC-135R's are using CFM-56's hi-bypass turbofans. If done properly, managing two...

MGS was just approved for low rate production, according to Jane's: http://www.janes.com/defence/land_forces/news/idr/idr060425_1_n.shtml Also approved was the NBC recon variant, of which Canada is also interested.

It is acutally quite difficult to learn a new language after you are about 12 years old. The reason is you brain is early on wired so that you can absorb new languages quickly (so that infants can pickup on learning language), and the processes for using and understanding language is early on...