While I agree with the other responses already, it’s also worth remembering that NATO policy does include tactical use of nuclear weapons, whereas ICBMs are exclusively strategic.

In terms of physical size it’s a fair bit smaller (the F-150 being half a foot wider, three feet longer). But its really in the engine options that it becomes a small truck - its not like you’ll find a 2.5L naturally aspirated I4 in an F150.

I originally thought this was a joke about metric plywood sizes, but the numbers don’t line up :(

While Canada might not be taking any unilateral actions abroad or running an empire, Canada does have very diverse foreign policy objectives that have to be accomplished by her Navy. Having a blue water navy doesn’t mean having an aggressive foreign policy, it means having an independent foreign policy. Such ships…

Canada at one point considered replacing its tank fleet with mobile gun systems. The general idea is that Canada’s military engaged principly with asymmetric forces and in peacekeeping missions, where the marginal costs of a tank don’t give comparable marginal benefits. The experiences of Canada’s military in…

To be fair, pretty much all the populated areas in Canada are either boreal forest, lowland forest, or coastal forest. Calgary-Edmonton is the big exception, and its half aspen forest.

When Canadian soldiers were first deployed to Afghanistan, they went in with their “temperate woodland” CADPAT. It was nearly a year before they started equipping soldiers arid region-version (because it had to be designed first).

The cost has varied substantially over the life of the vehicle, from a low of $1.2M USD in 2003 (then-dollars), up to $5M USD in 2012 (and then your $6.6M USD figure today, if that is true). The chassis itself is relatively constant, and so the total cost depends largely on the configuration and extra equipment that…

Presumably the Stryker will do quite well in the arctic, as a derivative of the Canadian LAV III, which the Canadian military has brought into the far north with some relative regularity for testing and training.

Is this a very recent edition of Clearwater’s books? I don’t mind learning that the year was different than I thought, but right now the sources that I find seem to be in conflict. For example, Clearwater’s 1998 edition says that weapons were withdrawn in 1984, such as here: https://books.google.ca/books?id=hLs55…

For…

Two things are unclear to me. This article in the Canadian Military Journal gives a date of 1984 for Air-2 Genie retirement: http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vol10/no1/08-t…
As does this book: http://tinyurl.com/otjc7m8

Sikhs carry a ceremonial knife, the Kirpan, to symbolize their (very literal) fight for survival in the early years of the religion, against violence by Mughals. It represents the duty of each Sikh to defend themselves and all others from oppression, with violence if (but only if) necessary.

I’m not sure that’s true. The last Liberal and Conservative governments in Canada (neglecting Paul Martin, as he wasn’t in office long enough to make a judgement) do conform to that stereotype: under Harper, budgets grew and Canada adopted a more unilateral foreign policy, and it leveraged force; under Chretien,…

Just as an addendum, the Queen Elizabeth Class was designed ‘for but not with’ catapults and arresting wires, including angled flight deck, so this conversion is not absurd by any means. The British have had this conversion in mind, in case the generation of aircraft following the F-35 aren’t STOVL.

Unpopular Opinion (Canadian Edition™!): I think axing the Arrow was the right decision.

There’s always more than one way to skin a cat. Asymmetric braking and left-right torque split can both turn a car. Similarly, the B-2 has limited yaw control from split control surfaces.

If a war ever goes ‘hot’, stealth can be an advantage defensively. That said however, the US will equip F-22s with drop tanks for Tu-95 interceptions even when they’re not required, simply to obscure the F-22’s stealth characteristics.

I was t-boned by a Jag X-Type in a F-450 chassis-cab. The X-Type was totalled. The other three guys in my truck didn’t wake up from their nap. I share this story because I think its hilarious, but I probably wouldn’t if I were at fault.

Didn’t know this photo existed; Boeing has a render of a V-22 in Canadian S&R colors: