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And these guys are just a short sail away ;) https://ras-nsa.ca/the-russian-navy-and-the-arctic-a-new-reality-old-challenges/

This has been a perennial issue for Norway, and Canada too... Norwegian MoD Stresses Importance of Enough People in Northern Norway Bodø (High North News): The Norwegian government wants to strengthen defense in the far north and establish the Finnmark Brigade. According to the MoD, securing...

The main reason was to minimize casualties from indirect fire, while transiting by road, to the 10s of thousands of Territorial Army & Reservist reinforcements that would be mobilized to face the Red Hordes pouring across the IGB. The Saxon was only designed for a one way mission... not a great...

It's an interesting exercise in market research. 'Young' refers to mid-20s to mid-40s... mostly tending towards a nihilist view on life. This article does a good job explaining it, and the edge of panic that comes through in the Liberal Party rhetoric IMHO: Why Millennial and Gen Z votes are...

“Why 100? If I were wrong, one would have been enough. [In response to the book "Hundred Authors Against Einstein"]” ― Albert Einstein

And young people don't vote.... Why are fewer young people voting? Elections Canada has commissioned several research studies to better understand why many young people are not showing up to the polls. This research is part of Elections Canada’s ongoing efforts to understand how barriers to...

Which reminds me of a book I've read about a thousand times (mostly against my will ;))...

This is a key feature of the ARes CBGs too. For example, the last time the (been there forever Class B) G3 of a certain CBG was in a unit was in the early 90s. As a result, the Bde HQ delegates the leadership of alot of complex Bde exercises to the (understaffed) ARes units to lead because Bde...

He's in the best seller's market, for products like his, since the 80s so it's not like he's assuming an outsized proportion of risk IMHO...

That's going to be some show parade tomorrow... Four injured as 'spooked' army horses bolt through London in rush hour Four people have been injured after runaway military horses - spooked by noise from building work - bolted through London.Soldiers and horses were hurt and vehicles damaged...

1982 says 'Big Whoop' ;) https://www.statista.com/statistics/298527/defense-spending-as-share-of-gdp-united-kingdom-uk/

It's OK, he only tortured people a little bit ;) Peel police chief met Sri Lankan officer a court says ‘participated’ in torture The head of one of Canada’s largest police forces met with a Sri Lankan inspector general of police who two weeks earlier had been found by the South Asian...

Meanwhile: if living the Class B dream was a .gif ;)

Props to the Washington State law enforcement folks who were out scouring the area for these two unfortunate kayakers, as well as Coast Guard and CAF SAR resources who were out in some pretty crummy weather during the search ... U.S. authorities recover 2 bodies amid search for B.C. kayakers...

No. Friggin. Way. ;)

Amen to that...

Welcome to the age of the 'urban doom loop': How a ‘Golden Era for Large Cities’ Might Be Turning Into an ‘Urban Doom Loop’ Scholars are increasingly voicing concern that the shift to working from home, spurred by the Covid pandemic, will bring the three-decade renaissance of major cities to a...

Apparently he got alot of his recruit training material from watching the Canadians train at Ft Lewis, Washington, for the Korean War a.k.a. 'Camp Currie'.

Correct! You can add in the private sector too... ;) The Psychopathic CEO “He is a charismatic leader who inspires people to follow him. A strategic thinker who can master the details. A tireless worker with incredible focus and problem-solving skills. He is well-liked by his employees but is...