Sending a message to China. Seapower exerts influence by presence alone. US Navy Kicks Off Exercise Valiant Shield 2024 with JMSDF, Canadian and French Navy www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Valiant Shield exercise is underway in the South China & Philippine Seas with two US Navy CSG, the JMSDF, Canadian and French Navy...
There is more than a realistic probability that this linked to the call for the elimination of Isreal and Jews by members of the ProHamas/Palestinian protests.The thinly veiled calls for violence have consequences www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Another reminder. Thus time from the US Ambassador to NATO "given the state of the global security environment, the challenges and the very real threats that the alliance faces today, it is imperative that every member meet the two per cent pledge" www.ctvnews.ca/politics/no-...
The U.S. ambassador to NATO says she has seen no indication that Canada has a plan to reach the NATO spending target of two per cent of GDP on defence.
It takes a brave person to stand against the Irainian regime. I wish him all the luck in the world. www.dw.com/en/cannes-mo...
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" explores Iran's authoritarian system from the inside. The dissident filmmaker managed to clandestinely direct his latest work and escape Iran to show it at the Cannes Film...
China has started Exercise Joint Sword 2024A as part of its punishment of #Taiwanopen.substack.com/pub/mickryan...
Exercise Joint Sword-2024A and its meaning for the security and stability of Taiwan and the broader region.
No or else ...yet. However, we gave our word. They expect us to live up to it. "A bipartisan group of 23 U.S. senators have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging his country to live up to its commitment to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence" www.ctvnews.ca/politics/u-s...
A bipartisan group of 23 U.S. senators have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging his country to live up to its commitment to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence amid concerns that key member...
CTV reports122 Wildfires burning in Canada, 32 considered Out of Control. CBC is also reporting on the increased # of fires. I am trying to determine is Nova Scotia is better prepared this year. With National resources stretched we cannot rely on outside support. www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
The fire season is upon is again. Dehavilland Canada's DHC515 is one of the best water bombers on the market, so it is disappointing to see there are no sales announcements for Canadian provinces or the Federal government. I've written my MLA and NS Preimer to ask why. dehavilland.com
Autonomous battle field robots are not as much of a stretch as many people might think. In the naval world ASCMs and Torpedoes are basically that now. The abilities of Sweden's new 400mm torpedo really blurs the line between torpedo and UUV.
Here is a piece I wrote earlier this year about uncrewed ground combat vehicles and how we will be seeing more of these on the battlefield and beyond. mickryan.substack.com/p/rise-of-th...
Ukraine is a Massive Battle Lab for Accelerating Uncrewed Ground Combat Systems
I'm fairly certain Canada is not.
This is useful context for examining Russia’s brutality in #Ukraine & its military reforms. Like China, there is a far larger context to their aggression & military expansion. I am not sure the West is ready for this large-scale societal confrontation. wapo.st/3UOljHE
In Putin’s bid to recast Russia as a global superpower, he champions a society built on pro-war activism, puritanical values and scaled-back social rights.