Recent content by Oldgateboatdriver

Social Credit has basically disappeared in Quebec. Its primary source of recruiting was the Franco ultra-orthodox wing of the Catholic Church (people who still think mass should be in latin in the pre-Vatican II format) and French Quebec has become the single most secular place in North America...

The Bloc has no ties whatsoever to the old Social Credit of Camille Sansom or Real Caouette. It was born from the Quebec wing of the Progressive Conservative Party (and that wing was always on the more centrist/progressive side of the Party) after the rejection of the Meech Lake Accord by some...

Neck-and-neck races are usually won by a nose on photo finish ... so to determine who the winner will be, all you have to do is figure out who the biggest liar is.

You had to drag the Oriole into this? When I was still in, the crew of the Oriole amounted to five persons (Skipper, navigator, coxn, engineer and cook). Everybody else was a combination of NCDT's either between course or going on "adventure" training onboard her or from PAT platoon. I don't...

I see what you are driving at, Kirkhill, but it is unfair to compare manpower of the Navy vs what it delivers by looking only at the crewing of the ships. The very large and manpower intensive industrial bases that support those ships, particularly on the naval...

In my days, DP, that was 26 warships capable of shooting things. Granted it was mostly 3 inch and 5 inch shells, but the 280's and IRE's got to do very little if any shoots of their missiles. The live torps not being used, I can understand since they could be maintained in usable condition just...

I think you are exaggerating the power of the Trudeau's. There has been (and always shall be, to quote Spock) an independantist (separatism can only refer to the current Canada) flame in what is now Quebec from about 40 years after the Plains of Abraham. At the beginning, the first few English...

I was not thinking in terms of 5.56 cal ammunition shot by the Pres on the Naval side, but in terms of the amount of actual ammo we were shooting (reg and res) from our ship's systems when I was in. Perhaps things have changed but in my days the proportion of actual ammunition expended to stocks...

It used to be for the Maritimers in the Black Watch. ;)

The problem I have with Trudeau' latest announcement that he will render something criminal (blocking access to health facilities or harassing/threatening health workers) is that it shows (as usual) his complete ignorance of Canadian law: These acts already are illegal under tons of Criminal...

Well, at least a uneven bipod: The frigates are quite capable of defending themselves against air threats. And in that line, the Surface Combatant program can be seen as the second leg in full: They will be able to provide area air defence and even participate in BMD.

Ammunition is one of the items I have always thought should be kept in strategic reserve: If you are serious about defending yourself, you should have a a war stock of ammunition calculated on the (rough) basis of (How much will the Armed Forces use in all out combat per time unit X How many...

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Especially when aimed towards a woman by a feminist. Very subtle. Actually, I also thought it was a great demonstration of Trudeau's combined ignorance/contempt towards our Parliamentary system of government: In our system, it's not for the leader of a party to manage it's caucus, it's for the...

It has impressive ST capability: It's meant to be launched from a track on back of a truck. But I don't know about the OL part, because the Banshee is a target simulator for training, not a UAV or drone.