Recent content by DAVEBLOGGINS

My bad "oldcpu. I was sooo wrong and you are sooo correct. The OTO Leonardo 127mm LW Volcano gun isn't so "Light Weight" after all. It has a "dry weight of 33,000 Kgs (+/- 5%) vs the BAE 5 inch Mk 45 Mod 4 of 24,389 Kgs (without fluids/Lower Hoist). I believe however, that the Leonardo 127mm gun...

"BAE 5-inch gun vs a "heavier " Leonardo 127mm LW Volcano gun"? Hello oldcpu. I was always under the impression that the Leonardo 127mm LW Volcano gun was always slightly lighter than the BAE 5" gun? did you mean lighter instead of heavier?

You are not wrong "oldcpu". That's the way I read it as well for the past 4 years. I believe Ted Barnes is only speculating and has not offered any hard core proof of his assertions on the BAE 5" gun swap. FAKE NEWS!

Only 1 RAM Launcher is fine by me Ted. Since you cannot collaborate your BAE 5' gun vs Leonardo 127mm Vulcano for the RCD, clear speculation, I guess we can all call your statements "FAKE NEWS"!

" Sounds like a couple of years, the guns were never bought" Ted is not hard facts. "WHERE'S THE BEEF?" Everything that has been read or said about the RCD's main gun justifies that the Leonardo 127mm will be the gun of choice for the RCD (including from GOC sources). Why would Canada reverse...

Ted. Can you "quote" when and where this "change back" happened? For quite some time now most were under the impression that the RCD Main Gun was always going to be the Italian Leonardo 127mm Vulcano system. It would be very expensive to change back now. Cheers!

What I am proposing seems to be exactly what Canada and the Arctic need to reshape our Arctic & NATO Security (as part of our new draft National Security (NS) and our True North Strong Defence (TNSD) Policies) IOT be an effective Northern Global Partner with our Northern NATO allies/partners now...

It is always "prudent" to consider "other" cruise missile possibilities for the Lockheed Martin MK 41 EL silos however I am 100% sure that the RCN and GOC considered other "force" weapons when they chose the Tomahawk missile for the RCD. Not just because it was American force weapon technology...

Hello oldcpu. I'm afraid it may be too late to change the Tomahawk for another cruise missile at this point. CMS 330 has already been certified for the RCD and CEC is now cast in stone as well. My question to you is-why would we want to change missiles in "mid-stream" now? I am sure Canada has...

Hello "oldcpu". Yes, the Lionfish 30 seems to be an awsome CIWS for the RCN, and there will be 2 of them (port/stb'd) on each River Class Destroyer-(RCD) so a grand total of at least 30+ units. Whether the AOPS and the "future" Kingston Class replacement "Corvettes" will also have this weapon is...

Agree totally "Century"!!

Hello again NEKO. Agree with your point of view totally! However, for many, many decades, the US has been guarding their Nuclear technology "secrets" with great "caution" and have only let 2 Countries (United Kingdom & Australia) acquire their Nuclear capabilities. It is not as if Canada does...

Hello NEKO. The Nuclear debate has gone on in Canada for decades and decades now. Twice before Canada tried to go nuclear and twice before we were either "shunned" by the Americans to purchase them or Canadian governments in the past were just too afraid of the costs involved. A majority of...

By David Dunlop, 2 October 2025 I recently read an interesting article by Michael J. Lalonde called ‘Which Submarines Should Canada Buy?” This article offers a unique perspective from an informed, professional and Canadian author. Some of his main points are the following: The first step is...