Recent content by GR66

To be able to fully man the fleet you need much more than just the stated complement of the ships as many personnel will be in training, teaching, staff positions, on leave, unable to deploy, etc.

Oh...I was thinking Never paid a porn star for sex yet Does that make me a bad person?

Yeah....that would attract a lot of settlers!

More rapid adaptation by the Ukrainian military. Russians use aircraft to target Ukrainian USV's so Ukraine mounts heat seeking missiles on their USV's. That will certainly make Russian pilots think twice when engaging these targets...

Russia apparently having some issues with their North Korean-supplied munitions. https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-russian-launched-north-korean-missiles-explode-mid-air/

Well I guess it's their use of ISR assets that makes the IRS so good at tracking down taxpayers!

Understood. Explaination?

It's my understanding (quite possibly wrong) that the ASW suite on the Cyclone can be removed so it can be used as a utility helicopter. If so, could the ASW suite be modified to work with a Cormorant? The AH/EH-101 for both the SAR and ASW roles and the Blackhawk as the Griffon replacement?

Whatever we get I think we should get them all marinized to maximize their interoperability with our ships and potential operations on allied amphibious ships. Apparently all Bell 525's are marinized as standard (and parts of the aircraft are made in Canada), but we'd be the lead customer with...

Just thinking through the numbers... efP Latvia from what I can tell currently has around 1,000 troops deployed. I'm not sure if that includes the fairly recently added 15-tank armoured squadron or not. A doctrinal 19-tank armoured squadron is 123 personnel so I'm guessing that would mean...

Anyone have thoughts on the suitability of the MH-60R for the ASW and SAR roles?

From what I've been able to gather from various sources the Canadian-led Brigade will consist of: eFP Latvia Danish/Swedish Battalions on a 6-month rotational basis Fly-over Canadian Light Battalion Indirect Fires Battalion (composition still TBD but suggestions that new Latvian rocket...

Oh great...just as we get around to finally replacing the Griffons with Blackhawks the rest of the World will be stopping flying them!

I like the Blackhawk but I think the utility of a rear ramp would be a huge benefit for moving ultra-light vehicles, UGV's etc. as well as for SAR and ASW versions if you're going for commonality. The AW-101/CH-149 has the added benefit of already being in service with the RCAF.