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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Two decades old Canadian Navy investigation into Amphibious Assault ships.Some further speculation on this topic ... It is worth noting that a precedent for such an arctic capable LHD vessel already exists... -
oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.A minor point of curiosity for me, is will the Canadian River Class (type-26) , and to a lessor extent the Australian Hunter class...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.Pondering this some more ... While L3Harris WESCAM was awarded a general Visual Surveillance System (VSS) contract in late 2025, the...
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What does not seem to feature prominently in discussion as to what to do about Trump coveting Greenland is the idea of self...
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oldcpu replied to the thread USA USN cancels planned Constellation class.More detail is coming out now in unclassified press, as to what this Constellation class replacement may look like...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.Months have gone by and I have not seen any press release to indicate L3 Harris WESCOM with their EO/IR equipment is to be a...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Canada SSK program.The news on the Canadian Submarine Project in the past couple of weeks has been pretty much focused on the competition between German...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.I read the 32 cell on the internet, but when i dig further I believe that what I typed above is wrong. In fact the wiki on the Spanish...
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oldcpu reacted to DAVEBLOGGINS's post in the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program with.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...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.If i typed BAE-5-inch heavier than Lenardo 127 mm LW, then that was a serious typo on my part. The BAE-5 inch is lighter. I took a...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.I believe the under construction Spanish F110 frigates plan to also (like the Canadian River Class Destroyer) have the AN/SPY-7 radar...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.A few weeks have gone by and there is still nothing firm to support the speculation that the Leonardo 127mm gun could be swapped out for...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.I was unhappy with my earlier description as to how the RN Type-26 and the RAN Hunter Class frigates were planning to handle the radar...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Navy Surface Combatant (CSC) Program.Following up on the speculative possibility that the Leonardo 127mm gun might be replaced with a much lighter BAE 5-inch gun (so to...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Canada Two decades old Canadian Navy investigation into Amphibious Assault ships.i note Australia has only two of the Canberra class amphibious assault ship, and there is criticism of their availability. The...
