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Jankel's Toyota Hilux variants used by the French and the Belgians. Also available in closed cab versions more compatible with Canadian weather. https://www.jankel.com/products/tactical-military-vehicles/fox-family-of-light-tactical-vehicles/ They also do a UNIMOG line of Light Tactical...

On April 5th, 2022 the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates invited Rob Huebert, Kim Nossal and Richard Shimooka to testify on Defence Procurement broadly, and narrowly Air Defence. It is a long read. OGGO Government Operations and Estimates - Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - Air...

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-ancient-grenades-explosive-weapons-medieval.html https://memes.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/491c38eb-2fc0-4d81-bd2c-edc1192489cc

Interesting little article - particularly the historical notes about "Amazing Grace" and "bugs". https://www.military.com/history/7-bad-ass-women-who-made-military-history.html

https://reason.com/2022/04/22/after-53-earth-days-society-still-hasnt-collapsed/

Apparently Ukrainians don't want to be Russians. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2022/04/14/putin-learns-a-lesson-washington-knows-all-too-well-military-power-can-kill-people-but-it-cant-change-them/?sh=63070873ee4e

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/12/navy-to-deploy-four-cargo-drones-on-an-aircraft-carrier-this-year

A flag fluttering in the breeze? Carbon capture is championed by Saskatchewan and Alberta has a lot of experimental ground work in place. But it has been denigrated as being merely a way to keep using Carbon. As if that were a bad thing. Now, with the Russian situation before Europe, is this...

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/is-nuclear-energy-green-or-not-federal-government-sending-conflicting-messages-critics-say Talking about a 5 MW package that is about the size of a typical gas fired package boiler for a small factory. It is also the size of a typical windmill. I prefer...

Stepping back from fight for a minute https://www.axios.com/united-nations-ukraine-russia-141-55872481-a143-4423-9d3d-80450f01c754.html I spent some time looking at the map of Yeas, Nays and Runaways. Some suggestions. Russia has no friends - Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea don't...

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3418422-poland-calls-on-eu-to-abandon-russian-coal.html Canada bought Russian oil while being told to shut down its domestic coal supplies (BC doesn't like Alberta or Saskatchewan coal but exports its own) Bitumen carbon bad. Natural gas carbon good...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2022/03/02/george-floyd-verdict-cracks-blue-wall/6973387001/ This story caught my eye. Or at least the headline did. Spurious thought emerged. The Police are not military. They are civilians. They don't have a separated code of justice and...

https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/we-are-experiencing-definitional?utm_source=url https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_deBoer The scrum is wheeling. Call it ref.

In keeping with, and taking inspiration from, Rick's Napkin Challenge, I offer this to our Arty SMEs and all others interested. For a change I will keep my virtual mouth shut. Or is that I will virtually keep my mouth shut? Anyway... The CDS is a gunner. He has decided that the RRCA will...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/02/16/ukraine-civilian-shooting-club-target-practice-russia-border-crisis-pkg-vpx.cnn

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/16/hms-queen-elizabeth-inside-aircraft-carrier-royal-navy-flagship/

Are we back to the days of France's recusal from NATO and Western Defence Union? EU and the French West vs NATO and the Visigrad East. And Britain in balance. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/02/13/eu-hands-britain-post-brexit-olive-branch-offer-lead-new-security/ Britain is...

Good read. Focused on the US Air Force but I feel that it is also relevant to the CAF at large. https://warontherocks.com/2022/02/the-weak-link-in-the-air-force-is-me/

Kratos and an Aussie company called Hypersonix are teamed up to produce a hypersonic Low Cost Attritable Drone (Artillery outbound, Air Force on the Return). It is a 3D printed craft, including the engine. It is powered by Hydrogen. It is launched by a typical Kratos rocket booster to achieve...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2022/01/30/vladimir-putins-amphibious-gambit-demonstrates-value-of-new-usmc-ship-design/?sh=3769dbed71b3 Also, apparently Canada isn't the only place that commands are "handled". So will the LAW go the way of the Army's Tactical Airlifter (the C27J...