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More info from The War Zone on the Abrams tanks being pulled off the front line in Ukraine: https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukraine-situation-report-m1-abrams-tanks-withdrawn-from-the-fight-officials-say

I think UAV's as precision weapons are getting a little too much attention in Ukraine. FPV strike footage certainly is sexy to watch, but honestly I think the bigger impact on a future peer battlefield is the wide area surveillance that UAV's are able to provide. Most drone strike you see are...

From the ISW website, the "transparent" battlefield is forcing the Ukrainians to pull their Abrams tanks back from the front in order to protect them. I'm sure that more effective counters to UAVs will in the near future improve the situation, but I suspect that concentration of forces will...

Ukrainian drone crashes 1,000km inside Russia. https://defence-blog.com/ukrainian-long-range-suicide-drone-crashes-in-russia/ Not exactly a small or stealthy design. There must obviously be some serious gaps in the Russian AD network for it to get 1,000 km inside Russia. Makes you wonder...

Finnmark Area: 48,618 sq km Population: 75,540 (2019) Yukon Area: 482,443 sq km Population: 45,384 (2024 est) Finnmark is 1/10th the size of the Yukon and has 1.66 times the population. The vast size of Canada's Territories and the incredibly small population there really is a huge...

I think you need to differentiate between working remote and WFH. The former means your team isn't physically co-located. Members might still work in an office setting but still partake in the normal daily routine of being in the lines while WFH is literally that...working from home -...

Well Sachs Harbour on Banks Island is almost exactly half way between Thule and Elmendorf AFB. It's also right at the Western entrance to the North West Passage. Sounds like a perfect location. Might need a bit of work though...population of 104. And not much infrastructure... The airport...

If an NCR tasking can truly be done remotely then why post the member to NCR at all? Have them fulfill the role from their current posting position. Saves a cost move, relocation of spouse and children and keeps the member in touch with the operational units they came from.

Not at all surprising to me. Why would the German government spend their defence euros to support a Canadian company when the Canadian government won't even support their own defence industry by meeting (or even attempting to meet) the NATO 2% GDP or 20% equipment targets? Roshel realistically...

How are the winters in Virginia? ;)

I'm sure it would do wonders for retention as well. a town of 28,000 (21,000 in the urban area)

The only thing that makes me think there might be something to the "Corvette" angle is that they claim to have already contracted Janes to review Corvette designs and have visited companies that have existing designs. They've done all that on spec of course but they obviously feel confident...

An article in the Canadian Defence Review about Inocea Group (Davie Shipbuilding) mentions the MDCV replacement and suggests that it will likely be more of a Corvette type vessel.