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RCAF completes live fire testing of new medium range missile for CF-18 Summarize July 3, 2024 The combat capability of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-18 Hornets cleared a milestone last month, according to the Department of National Defence (DND). In a recent post on LinkedIn, the Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel) branch said the RCAF had completed live fire testing of the AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) in February during an exercise known as Combat Archer at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. “The AIM‑120D‑3 enhances the CF‑18’s ability to engage threats at a long range and strengthens Canada’s readiness for NORAD and NATO missions, including the defence of Canada and the Arctic,” ADM (Mat) wrote. The AMRAAM is one of two new missiles being integrated into the CF-18’s suite of weapons. The RCAF previously tested and approved the AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile for operations. … https://skiesmag.com/news/rcaf-completes-live-fire-testing-of-new-medium-range-missile-for-cf-18/

Sorry, you break it, you buy it. We tried to warn you. Refusing to enable Trump’s destructive and destabilizing stupidity by cleaning up his messes is protecting our interests. Trump has been attacking all of us, no way in Hell are we going to put troops in harm’s way and waste already scarce military resources to help him look good and avoid a shellacking in the midterms for his epic failure. I cannot think of a more disgusting and disgraceful image than dead Canadian troops coming home in coffins for defending the vanity arrogance and incompetent stupidity of Donald Trump. Trump said America doesn’t need anything from Canada or NATO so let him prove it.

Your claims are stupid, illogical and have zero basis in fact You have no evidence that Carney is greedy or corrupt self-dealing in fact the evidence of his life suggests the opposite. If he had accepted the invitation to run as a conservative instead of a liberal you would be singing his praises You are just a silly partisan hack.

I’ve been filling up this thread with the details of them since 2023 dipshit including 6 in the past week. Why don’t you read for once.

Because that’s where this whole dumb argument started. The article you posted LATER supports my claims, not yours . You haven’t been clear on WHAT exactly you’re trying to claim you just go post to post trying to find smaller victories from one to next. “Something something planting trees bad” This is where you’re jumping to conclusions. And once again I have directly addressed this with you numerous times, which you refuse to acknowledge. Nowhere does the article say the military only planted these trees because of the program or that if it weren’t for the program they wouldn’t have planted any trees at all. It says the trees they plan to plant will be counted towards the program, FULL STOP. I have pointed out repeatedly that: - this is also true of several other federal departments most of whom planted several times more trees that the military, including the agency who just looks after the federal monuments around the city of Ottawa. - 14,500 trees over 5 years across numerous bases and facilities coast to coast is trivial and normal for a military and a fraction of what just one city would plant in a normal year - the 14,500 trees was planned YEARS before Carney was PM and well before Canada was even claiming they would spend 2% so the whole “plot to intentionally distort the defence budget” unravels right there Which whittles your argument down to “fine maybe it was totally business as normal and nothing unusual about the tree planting and it’s a trivial amount but it should still shouldn’t be counted as defence spending” but as Inhave also told you that’s just how it is everywhere even i. Trump’s America its part of maintenance and upkeep of bases and housing and its paid for out of the defence budget. Part of running a military is managing the property, and part of managing the property includes planting a few trees now and then. It’s that simple.

As you are well aware the Inflection Point army modernization program is a complete reset of strategy, structure and doctrine. And what people believed and thought “years ago” back during the age of GWOT and contributory warfare and US dependency is less relevant if not irrelevant. The vehicles amd equipment we currently have or are actively acquiring are also different from what we had years ago and you can’t just buy random fleets if vehicles and gear without considering how they will work with the other vehicles and gear you have. Nope, disagree. We can rightly complain about Trump’s ham-handed and ill-advised war that created this mess. It’s not our job to clean up Trump’s messes and that doesn’t invalidate our right to criticize him for making the mess. No thanks. Cleaning up Trumps mess is not our job and lets him off the hook for his massive incompetence. Let him hang. Besides no amount of military assets in the area will give shipping companies and insurers the comfort they need to run that shooting gallery. Anti-mine and counter-drone systems aren’t perfect and the strait is so narrow, every shipper and their insurer knows that so long as the conflict continues the risk is extremely high no matter how how many warships and aircraft US or allies have out there. Mines and drones are hard to detect and strike without warning just the thought that they COULD be out there is enough to scare most of the ships away.

I cited all the facts in that article BEFORE you posted that link. The original baseless accusation by you and CdnFox was that the entire 2 billion trees program was rolled into defence budget by Carney wasn’t the result of that article and in fact is directly disproven by it. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS ARGUMENT ON BOTH THREADS I have said repeatedly that the military is only planting 14,500 trees as a normal part of its housing program and that is supported by the article. Your article also confirms what I already said multiple times, which is that 2 Bn tree program is simply including the trees planted by other federal programs towards in its 2bn tree goal. You have gone so far down the rabbit hole you can’t even clearly articulate what you think the impropriety is.

Dude every western ally including Trump is supporting Ukraine and Canada has been supporting Ukraine since 2014 with the full support of the conservative government So you’re a nutjob to suggest that somehow Carney is doing something inappropriate or different and you’re a nutjob for suggesting just because he had a real job before he beca PM every single policy and decision he makes is motivated by a desire to reward his former employer. You have zero evidence for either And this is an especially hilarious act of hypocrisy on your part considering how many BILLIONS your hero trump is ACTIVELY raking in from a number different sketchy schemes he has running with mysterious anonymous partners. Which you don’t seem bothered by at all.

To be clear all personal appointments to government are people known and trusted by the PM or Minister make the appointment they don’t put a want ad in the local PennySaver. Stephen Harper’s roster of appointees was full of Conservative party fundraisers and failed election candidates. The only difference between Carney and his predecessors is that Carney chose people with proven and extensive private sector management experience and extensive industry contacts rather than party hacks. Categorically false Also false Are you clueless enough to believe that you sign a trade deal with a country on a Monday and your trade increases on a Tuesday? Most trade is conducted by BUSINESSES NOT GOVERNMENT Governments primarily create the trade environment but businesses have to find customers and suppliers and make their own deals Let’s be clear that the overall trade deficit increased in 2025 because Trump tariffs decreased exports to US. Let’s also be clear that Non-US trade has actually increased.

I have addressed that several times. You just going to ignore my response? TO REPEAT: 1) 14,500 trees is not 2 billion trees 2) 14,500 trees over 5 years is a tiny number of trees and a tiny cost. . A mid sized city might do 10,000 trees in a single year. . 3) 14,500 trees over 5 years is a normal number of trees for one of the largest landowners in Canada to plant on the land in manages coast to coast. How many times you gonna make me repeat myself?

You are insane Your ridiculous claim fails every test of logic

Procurement announcements are not easy these are costs that are booked and orders that are placed. Your politically motivated criticism attempt to exploit the fact that projects and deals happen in stages, whether it’s a military spend or a trade deals like critical minerals, you basically complain that all stages don’t happen at once 1) STRATEGY ANNOUNCED: “That just an empty promise they’ll never follow through” 2) SIGNED MOU SIGNED WITH GOVERNMENTS/ COMPANIES ANNOUNCED: “It’s a non-binding agreement, more empty promises nothing is going to happen!” 3)BINDING CONTRACT SIGNED AND ANNOUNCED: “I don’t see anyone exchanging bags of money or workers working on the project during that press conference so SOMEHOW this is nothing!” 4) WORKERS WORKING INVESTORS INVESTING AND FUNDING BEING SPENT: “There’s no press conference or announcement so nothing must be happening I told you nothing would happening! 5) PROJECT IS FINISHED AND DELIVERED: “Big deal that was all previously announced they’re not doing anything new” OR “I don’t recall government having anything to do with this” As I said you will know when the FUNis over in a couple of weeks

LMAO it doesn’t work like that anywhere in the world. You can’t spend billions of dollars on something soldiers lives rely on harms just like you are picking up a case of beer on the way home from work. The military needs to have a doctrine a defined capability set a thorough understanding of how it will be used by Canadian Forces given the other equipment we have. Like we don’t just want tracked armoured vehicles because other armies have them and we want them to think we are cool. We want them because we think we have a new doctrine that has a gap tracked armour can best fill and now they have to understand what’s available on the market, what’s in development, will they buy a proven platform that could become obsolete sooner or a new generation platform in development that could have cost and delivery overruns and underperform? Keeping in mind that nothing perfectly meets our needs, they have to consider what could best be optimized for our needs given the tradeoffs. And then you have to look at the requirements and costs of maintenance and sustainment. This all requires a lot of consideration and analysis. You massively oversimplify the situation. Not accurate In fact muxh is the opposite. The reason that there are only 2 in the running NOW is because Carney fast-tracked the program and the others were eliminated without deep negotiation. And the final bids from each have been submitted and locked in, there’s no more negotiation happening Thats massively fast And a contract is expected to be awarded this year That is massively fast. Especially for a project this size It’s also not objectively true that the Korean sub is “better” The German/Norwegian sub is stealthier and more technologically advanced, is non-magnetic (relevant to stealth and mines), has baked-in NATO compatibility and will be used by at least 2 other NATO allies That said the Korean sub is not without its own advantages But again you oversimplify To whom? For what? Most of the delay is figuring out WHAT you should buy not who to buy it from

And the hits keep on coming! $32 million for our space surveillance program, a unique capability we provide to NATO and Five Eyes. But that $400k for a handful of trees on military bases is somehow still a scandal! Defence Investment Agency announces new contract for Surveillance of Space 2 project From: Defence Investment Agency News release March 18, 2026 - Richmond, British Columbia The world is changing rapidly. The international rules‑based order is under strain, and technological change is expanding the fields of conflict, including into space. That’s why the Government of Canada, through the Defence Industrial Strategy, is focusing on rebuilding, rearming and reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to meet these emerging challenges. Today, the Honourable Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), announced that the Defence Investment Agency has awarded a $32‑million contract to MDA Space of Richmond, British Columbia, to deliver ground-based optical capability for the Surveillance of Space 2 project. The contract is expected to create or support close to 80 jobs annually and contribute approximately $9 million to Canada’s gross domestic product annually over the next six years. Through this contract, by 2028, MDA Space will establish three remotely operated telescope sites in Alberta, Manitoba and New Brunswick. These telescopes will provide persistent, reliable space surveillance from the ground, and are an important component of Canada’s broader space‑surveillance architecture. Space-based assets are critical to all Canadians. From banking to communications, navigation, agriculture and weather monitoring, we rely on secure, protected space-based capabilities every day. This investment demonstrates how the Defence Investment Agency is advancing Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy by leveraging Canadian innovation and expertise to deliver advanced capabilities for the CAF, while strengthening the broader defence industrial ecosystem. The procurement was streamlined through a well‑designed competitive process that leveraged existing internal approval authorities, enabling the project to advance more quickly than under a traditional procurement approach. Canadian innovation and expertise in space-related infrastructure are essential in defending and protecting Canadian space capabilities, while providing vital data to our allies through shared networks. This infrastructure represents a significant contribution to Canada’s partnership in the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and reinforces Canada’s role as a founding member of Multinational Force – Operation Olympic Defender, a coalition of like-minded nations committed to space domain awareness and protect-and-defend mission sets. Canada’s space sector continues to experience strong growth, contributing an estimated $3.4 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2023. The value of the global space economy is projected to reach approximately $2 trillion by 2040. Investing in sovereign capabilities in this domain will ensure that Canadian businesses are well positioned to benefit from this growth for decades to come. As part of a long‑term, whole‑of‑government approach to security and economic resilience, Canada is strengthening its defence industrial base through its first-ever Defence Industrial Strategy. By aligning long‑term defence investments with Canadian industrial capability, the Strategy supports domestic supply chains, creates good‑paying jobs and will deliver equipment to the CAF faster. The Defence Investment Agency is modernizing defence procurement by streamlining decisions, centralizing expertise and accelerating the delivery of mission-critical equipment. Together, the Defence Investment Agency and the Defence Industrial Strategy are making generational investments in Canada’s defence ecosystem, transforming how Canada equips its military, strengthening our defence industrial base, and ensuring the CAF has the equipment it needs to keep Canada safe and sovereign. https://www.canada.ca/en/defence-investment-agency/news/2026/03/defence-investment-agency-announces-new-contract-for-surveillance-of-space-2-project.html

Yep confirmed That’s billion with B, not billion trees, billion dollars Ottawa spending $1.4-billion to ramp up domestic ammunition production capacity Ottawa is spending $1.4-billion to bolster Canada’s domestic ammunition production capacity through the establishment of new facilities to manufacture supplies such as artillery shells and nitrocellulose, a compound used in a range of military munitions. Defence Minister David McGuinty said the funds will be divided between two companies: IMT Precision, based in Ingersoll, Ont., and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems – Canada in Repentigny, Que., a subsidiary of the U.S. defence company. Both companies are part of Canada’s Munitions Supply Program, which was created in the 1970s and protects producers from competition. The federal government is making the investment under itsnew Canadian Defence Industry Resilience program, which it announced in February as part of its $6.6-billion Defence Industrial Strategy. The funding announced Wednesday is included in that total. … Ottawa will give General Dynamics up to $642-million to build a new manufacturing facility dedicated to loading, assembling and packing NATO-standard 155-millimetre high-explosive projectiles, such as those used in howitzers. It will also provide up to $57.9-million to establish Canada’s first facility capable of loading, assembling and packing M231/232 charges, a type of propelling charges also used in 155mm artillery. By 2028, General Dynamics’ facilities should be able to process 12,744 projectiles annually. By 2029, the goal is to scale up to 12,000 a month. In Ingersoll, IMT Precision will receive a $305.4-million direct investment, also per a contribution agreement with Ottawa, to manufacture the empty metal shells used in 155-millimetre artillery. The new facility will be ready for production in roughly 2½ years, and reach full capacity in four years. Once complete, it will be capable of producing 144,000 M795 shells a year. The facility for domestic supply will add to the company’s existing production lines for the U.S. Army. In October, 2024, the U.S. Army hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the company’s Ingersoll facility, celebrating its anticipated production of 15,000 shell bodies a month. The new Canadian facility is expected to create at least 75 full-time jobs, with the possibility of employment reaching 400 at full production. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/economy/article-ottawa-spending-14-billion-domestic-ammunition-production-capacity/

You have the headline of an article you can’t read and then made-up narratives you have invented in your own mind. Your false claim is not based on the facts. Your claim is based on the fictions you have invented to tie the facts together into a false narrative.

The Army is still finalizing their requirements for all of those. It is sitting with them not the elected government As a general statement the CAF appears to now be disfavouring small urgent operational procurements of special kit just for the troops overseas and now instead wants large orders with the troops at home having the same gear and systems as those overseas albeit less urgently (GBAD as I note below is an exception). Here is what i have read: Indirect Fires Modernization Program: (artillery) specs have basically been written to match the German RCH155 as it is the only system on the market that fire while moving. The RFI was sent out to industry last year There is also apparently interest studying whether it can be mounted on a LAV platform as the Swiss are working on that with a vehicle that is a distant relative of the LAV Long Range Precision Strike: American HIMARS is basically a done deal. Depending upon what source you trust the point of no return has already been passed but I have not seen any formal announcement Heavy Direct Fire Modernization Program: existing tank refurbishment and upgrade program is already actively underway with expected completion 2033 due to massive backlogs in Germany with expected service life until 2035. A new tank purchase program is also being pursued, with the Army planning to “identify and begin procurement” in 2030 and have a targeted full operational capability in 2037 Medium Cavalry program: tracked combat vehicles- army apparently is still contemplating exactly what capabilities they want but rumoured contenders are Swedish CV90, German Lynx, and Korean Redback Target is 250+ vehicles and project has been accelerated to target 2029-2031 delivery instead of the original 2035 LAV 6/ACSV: variants continue to roll off the assembly line, although first deliveries were only in 2019, army is apparently discussing major design changes with the manufacturer Ground-based air defence program: Army reset the program back in October and broke it up into separate projects for different systems. The army originally drafted their requirements in 2017 and has decided they are no longer fit for purpose for today’s threat environment. An urgent operational requirement for Latvia only is being accelerated but unfortunately the brass sent it back to the drawing board Drone/counter drone: ICYMI they just announced a new drone tech hub to be based in Ottawa. There are drone projects of every size and shape going on right now. It’s almost like there are too many to evaluate and most are startup companies But sounds like something should happen soon Subs: I can’t believe you’re complaining about this, thisnis the fastest moving procurement of all of them which is astounding considering the absolutely astronomical size of it. This is the biggest procurement in Canadian history I believe and it’s already down to the final 2 contenders, bids just got locked in a couple weeks ago and a contract will be awarded this year. It’s unheard of for any major procurement to move even half this fast let alone the largest ever. You know buying major military systems isn’t like picking up groceries at the store. These are some of the biggest, most expensive and most complex purchases anyone can make.

Whats funny is that the Carney Derangement Crowd is trying to have it cake and eat it to. When they pledge the money you say “that doesn’t count it’s just a promise they won’t keep, they will never actually spend the money”. When they keep the promises and spend the money you say “doesn’t count that’s money they promised previously” Yes Trudeau promised generally at a high level to spend that money and Carney followed through to actually plan and execute that spending. And it’s “dual use” infrastructure that military wouldn’t be able to operate in the arctic without. So feel free to credit one or both. Corporate Canada are the bad guys now? What kind of conservative are you? And you doubt the military and strategic value of having sovereign capabilities in the space domain?

HOLY DEFENCE SPENDING BATMAN! Make that FIVE major spending announcements since this dumb argument started last week, McGuinty is pulling a doubleheader tomorrow! IMT makes large munitions like artillery, mortars, tank rounds, etc. Likely it’s to announce adding a new munitions production line which is in addition to an expansion and new lines that were added barely 18 months ago in 2024 Or as the know-nothing MAGA troll-twats on here would say, “more trees” Department of National Defence to make an announcement on investments in ammunition production From: National Defence Media advisory March 17, 2026 – Ottawa, ON – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, will host a news conference on investments in ammunition production in Canada. When: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. EST Where: IMT Precision, 347 King St W, Ingersoll, ON, N5C 3K6 https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2026/03/department-of-national-defence-to-make-an-announcement-on-investments-in-ammunition-production.html

Oh look YET ANOTHER tree planting I mean thats at least 4 major announcements since this whole dumb claim started a few days ago This likely to be the major announcement on the assault rifle for the Canadian Army So major $35Bn arctic investment last, Friday major space announcement yesterday, another space investment tomorrow and new rifles the day after. Which you dishonest turds will simply call “planting trees” Secretary of State Fuhr and Minister McGuinty to announce new investment to deliver modernized capabilities to the Canadian Armed Forces From: Defence Investment Agency Media advisory March 17, 2026 - Ottawa, Ontario The Honourable Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), and the Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, will announce a new contract that will deliver new capabilities to members of the Canadian Armed Forces. There will be a media availability following the announcement. Please note that all details are subject to change. All times are local. Date: March 19, 2026 Time: 10 am Location: Kitchener, Ontario

That’s not “evidence”. Pretty sure I told YOU about the 14,500 trees first and have spent the last several days trying to drill through your thick skull what that is about and how that is totally normal and insignificant thing for a military to do. I mean in your next post you’re claiming the military planted 2 billion trees. Which is it . Youre just throwing spaghetti at the wall hoping something sticks.

dude EVERYONE IN CANADA KNOWS ABOUT THE THE 2 BILLION TREES PROGRAM. THAT ISN’T THE MILITARY, DIPSHIT THAT ISN’T THE MILITARY, DIPSHIT THAT ISN’T THE MILITARY, DIPSHIT THAT IS NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT Let me reenact this sock puppets In 2022 (Before Carney is PM) NRC CANADA: Hi Canadian military, it’s NRC Canada here. We have a famous program to plant 2 billion trees. You have a lot of land, will you happen to be planting any trees in the next few years that we can count to our total? CANADIAN MILITARY: sure we will be planting about 14,500 trees over the next 5 years on our bases It’s not much and will only cost us about $400,000 per year out of the military budget but feel free to include them in your count if you want. Do you get it now???

Yeah a sitting president isn’t supposed to be doing any private business, let alone secretive dark money transactions in notoriously sleazy industries like crypto that is awash in dirty money laundering, let alone secretive dealings with anonymous entities actively trying to conceal their identities and the source of their moneu. The amount of money being shoveled over to him is out of all proportion to any actual good or service he could possibly be legitimately providing

Yes they are. To be clear BOTH iran and Saudi Arabia at at the VERY BOTTOM of world rankings for their mistreatment of women. Some examples of areas where Saudi is worse Saudi women are not allowed to leave the house without being escorted by a male relative unlike Iran Saudi women are required to wear the full black niqab in public covered head to toe in black in the stifling heat unlike Iran Saudi women were not allowed to drive cars until 2018 (8 years ago) unlike Iran which actually has had a female racecar driver for many years Saudi women are prohibited from working in many professions, Iran still has female lawyers doctors and engineers If Saudi women violate any of the they are considered to have invited whatever misfortune befalls them by other men or the authorities. A Saudi man can have his wife jailed or committed to an asylum for disobedience. Now Saudi’s current prince did start making reforms beginning in 2017 but they still have a long long long way to go

To quote the columnist Paul Wells: The American President is now threatening the judiciary, news organizations and NATO with reprisals for insufficient support during a war he chose and hasn't bothered to explain. Having obtained the GOP’s unconditional surrender early on, he expects everybody's. Uh yeah. Do you not know about those countries?