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Bah it’s just Fox News trolls doing what they normally do, nothing to see here. Besides Trump initiated it when he started calling Trudeau the governor of the state of Canada and making jokes about annexing us. I don’t see you complaining about that.

‘Remote warfare’ honour created to recognize Canadians who fight from afar A new bar called DISTANTIA in recognition for remote warfare announced. The Special Service Medal was expanded in 2014 to make eligible Department of National Defence (DND) civilian employees and contractors, as well as allied military personnel serving under the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Eligibility is now being broadened, similar to the Operational Service Medal. Ottawa has established a “remote warfare” recognition to honour the Canadian Armed Forces personnel or civilians who take part in overseas missions from afar, reflecting the evolving nature of military operations. This honour, announced earlier this month, includes drone pilots; analysts who pore over imagery, videos, signals intelligence or other data; linguists; and cyber defence operators. According to the Department of National Defence, the recognition is for people “who directly contribute to mission success in overseas operations by having a direct impact in deployed theatres through the use of remote technology from Canada or other locations.” The honour will be available not only for soldiers, sailors and aviators, but also contractors and public servants. Once formal arrangements are secured with Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Communications Security Establishment, employees at these organizations should also be eligible. The recognition represents a new way to earn Canada’s Special Service Medal, which under this variation will feature a silver-coloured bar on the attached ribbon inscribed with “Distantia,” from a Latin word for distance. Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Gauthier, director of honours and recognition at the Department of National Defence, said this new award accounts for the fact many people now work on operations from afar. “Stuff is blowing up, or lights are turning off, or something like that in theatre – but that is being done from another location,” he said. He said studies have shown that, while remote warfare doesn’t place operators in physical harm, it can still bring them psychological distress. He said this research has shown drone pilots who are flying machines remotely “were affected psychologically at much the same rate as people like pilots who were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan to fly actual planes in the air.” Technology has the ability to bring remote operators close to the battlefield, as they study possible targets through imagery and intercepted communications: “They will learn what they call the pattern of life, you know, and they will debate with other people whether this is a suitable target and all that,” Lt.-Col. Gauthier said. “And eventually, a decision will be made to strike the target, and then they’ll have to confirm if the objective had been met.” He added that “there’s a proximity to the action, to the target that somebody is dropping bombs from 20,000 feet doesn’t get to see. That’s also the very specific challenge that we’re trying to acknowledge with the creation of this bar,” referring to the new recognition. The Canadian Armed Forces already have drones for surveillance, but it’s soon adding combat drones to its military arsenal. The military plans to acquire combat drones by 2028 for use by 2033. Various branches of the U.S. military have created similar honours. For instance, the U.S. Air Force in 2017 created the Remote Combat Effects Medal, which recognizes air force members who play critical roles in military operations conducted remotely, such as cyber warfare and drone operations. David Perry, president of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, said the Canadian military is trying to embrace technological advances such as remotely piloted vehicles, “so formalizing an award and recognition for people working in these areas is a good step to recognizing they’ll be part of a future operational team.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-remote-warfare-honour-created-to-recognize-canadians-who-fight-from/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fcanadianarmedforces

Canadian military drones enter production, though Arctic modifications will be required One of Canada's first MQ-9B drones under construction at the General Atomics assembly plant in San Diego, Calif. (Assistant deputy minister of materiel, Department of National Defence) Canada's first combat drones have now entered production, though the remotely piloted aircraft will require years of testing and significant modifications before the first units are delivered in 2028. The federal government announced last December it would acquire 11 of the MQ-9B drones from manufacturer General Atomics at a cost of $2.49 billion. The first two Canadian drones are currently on the company's production line in San Diego, Calif., and will be used as test vehicles starting in 2026, National Defence spokesperson Andrée-Anne Poulin confirmed in an email to CTV News. Those tests will be critical to proving the MQ-9B's suitability for northern environments, as the drones will be deployed as needed from forward operating locations in and around the Arctic, where the harsh climate and lack of technical infrastructure will present unique challenges for the aircraft and its operators. "The need to operate at high northern latitudes, including in the Arctic, requires the use of satellites and aircraft antennas, and communication components not previously integrated on the MQ-9B," Poulin said, describing the modifications needed to address the difficult conditions. "The Canadian RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft system) will require significant development work to address Royal Canadian Air Force requirements which differ from Allies' requirements," she added. Arctic operations The drone fleet is not expected to reach full operating capacity until 2033, with eight of the aircraft based at 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S., and the remaining three based at 19 Wing Comox, B.C. Arctic operations will be staged from existing forward operating locations located in Yellowknife, Inuvik, Iqaluit and Goose Bay, N.L., where Canada's $39-billion NORAD modernization program promises to construct new and upgraded hangar facilities over the coming decade, Poulin said. In the meantime, construction work is set to begin on the B.C. and Nova Scotia drone bases, as well as a new ground control centre in Ottawa, where all of the drone pilots will be stationed. Drone base construction Pomerleau was awarded a $4.65-million contract to design the Greenwood site in February 2023, with construction forecast to begin next year. The military expects the base to house four drones for operations and four others in storage, with a total base development cost in the vicinity of $100 million. Maple Reinders Constructors won the design-build contract for the Comox site this past November, where the remaining three MQ-9Bs are expected to be fully assembled and ready for missions. The Comox facility, with a projected cost of $53 million, will house 25 personnel inside a 5,700-square-metre space with an additional 11,000 square metres of outdoor apron and parking. Related: Canadian military expects to secure contract for B.C. drone base by end of 2024 The Ottawa drone headquarters, where 198 personnel, six drone cockpits and two simulators will be located, is currently nearing the end of the planning phase after the design-build contract went to Bird Construction in May 2023. Poulin said some preliminary construction work has begun on the Ottawa site, with construction of the main facility to begin next year. All the infrastructure to support the drone program is expected to be complete by 2028. Last year, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of munitions to outfit the Canadian drones, including Hellfire air-to-ground missiles and Mk82 500-pound bombs. The drones are expected to be deployed on Canadian Armed Forces operations abroad, while also serving a domestic role monitoring coastlines and providing civilian aid in wildfire and flood situations, according to National Defence. Sections of Canada's first MQ-9B drones under construction at the General Atomics assembly plant in San Diego, Calif. (Assistant deputy minister of materiel, Department of National Defence) https://bc.ctvnews.ca/canadian-military-drones-enter-production-though-arctic-modifications-will-be-required-1.7132202

Dumbass. 1) its says informants not agents. Of the thousands of MAGA losers who swarmed the Capitol, 26 were informants snitching on their fellow MAGA losers 2) It doesn’t say they breached the Capitol it say they were outside the Capitol Seriously this is how you MAGAtards work distorting the truth at every turn whether through stupidity and dishonesty

The judgment is because ABC said he was convicted of rape instead of sexual assault. The conservative moral high ground: “how dare you call me a rapist, I am a sexual assaulter, good sir!” pffft

Bullshit. Laws about how asylum seekers to apply for asylum and how people whose claims are unsuccessful are removed have nothing to do with smuggling As usual you MAGAs don’t actually think through your own bullshit. That’s a lie no terrorists crossed the border and still has nothing to do with fentanyl Your’e absolutely clueless. It was not “an arms deal” it was BLATANTLY ILLEGAL SECRET DEAL TO SELL MILITARY ARMS TO AMERICA’S ENEMY. Cocaine trafficking was another major source of funding for the Contras and similar US-supported groups and US Operatives were involved.

Good riddance. Renounce your Canadian citizenship while you’re at it and stay gone.

Sorry the Iran Contra scandal is a fact of history. Dozens of Reagan officials were investigated some were convicted, Bush Sr had to pardon many administration officials, some of them preemptively pardoned to shut down the investigations. There were multiple incidents of planes operated by US government contractors crashing or being seized by Latin American authorities and found to be full of cocaine. Cocaine has been around for a time, but it didn’t massively flood into USA until the exact same time as Iran Contra, that isn’t some coincidence. Reagan had to start his “war on drugs” initiative to try to clean up the mess it all created. Of course Ronnie said his administration staff were running this program behind his back without his approval knowledge and maybe that’s true but then again that’s what they all say isn’t it? The award for “most conspiratorial BS” will always and forever be with MAGA kooks and all their election denial, deep state, mainstream media, anti-vax, pizzagate QAnon chemtrail jewish space laser putin supporting batshit. Not all of you believe the exact same combination of batshit, but you all subscribe to some assortment of it.

Excuses excuses. He has treasonous sympathies I didn’t say he committed acts that could be prosecuted as treason. “I was only fist pumping the peaceful traitors”. Notice the hypocrisy compared to BLM where you refuse to differentiate between the peaceful protests and the violent ones and insist that supporting the former is no different than supporting the latter. But a peaceful protest to steal the election isn’t moral high ground and so even if there were truth to his claim he was only pumping the peaceful J6ers is true he’s still a traitor.

Nice try dumbass Just another of you lame shitposts

Fentanyl deaths have nothing to do with the subject of this thread or the lie-tweet that started this amd the white house didn’t cover up anything about fentanyl How about all the crack cocaine deaths after Reagan knowingly and intentionally flooded USA with cocaine to fund his right wing death squads and dictators in central and south America? The invention of crack cocaine was a direct result the drug epidemic he created. The dug cartels were just small time third world street thugs before Reagan’s dumb ass idea turned them into the richest men in the world whose global enterprises now include fentanyl.

Your cult leader and his acolytes spout Russian disinformation for a living. The victims of their Russian puppet masters sometimes hang themselves (from a 3ft railing), sometimes jump 10 stories from a second story window, sometimes shoot themselves in the head 7 times, sometimes voluntarily expose themselves to exotic WMD that only Putin’s acolytes control I know you want me to die to help silence inconvenient truths like the typical fascist you are but sorry not happening

What else is new in Washington. Republicans don’t ever tell the truth either. A bunch of them went to jail for refusing to tell the truth and Trump is appointing some of those jailbirds to his admission . You and the lying propagandists you follow claimed that there is a coverup of terrorists entering the country: LIE You said Americans died ANOTHER LIE

Hawley is a treasonous J6 scumbag just like the MAGA Deplorables. Being a US senator doesn’t mean anything some of the worst scumbags in America are congressmen amd one of them will soon be president . You and your cult live in an alternate reality of your making

He is a J6 traitor. On that day he voted against certifying the 2020 election and he also gave his fist pump to the treasonous J6 mob. Link has nothing to do with thread

We monitor extremists in mosques, extremists in churches aren’t any different.

Shameless liar and J6 traitor tells lies on Republican lie network. Also known as typical Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

Fake news. Heitke didn’t say anyone died or that anyone was actually confirmed to be a terrorist. Just more of your republican fake news propaganda that you gullible suckers eat up. So the only lie is from you and Kirk “They lied Americans died” is basically the story of Bush’s fraudulent Iraq invasion. Thousands of US casualties. Hundreds of thousands or Iraqi casualties. Billions of taxpayer dollars, creation of ISIS, worldwide terrorist attacks, etc. Its also the story of Reagan and Republicans funding the Taliban and Al Qaeda because they thought it was a clever way to kept the Soviets out of Afghanistan and the Middle East It s also the story of Reagan and Bush 1 creating the US crack cocaine epidemic and drug cartels in Latin and South America when they thought it would be really smurrt to flood their own country with cocaine and use the drug money to arm their favourite right wing death squads and dictators.

This whole thread a shitpost, started by a devoted worshipper of Trump, the shitpost king

Well, at least you admit “your words” are disinformation. Admitting you have a problem is always the first step.

AFAIK the visual display doesn’t have to be via VR googles to be considered FPV, it can be a traditional screen

I think switchblade would fall into this category. Poland has something called Warmate. There are a few others, depending on how you define it. More details… So reading between the lines, maybe a quality control issue rather than a faulty design issue? DND confirms malfunction of new anti-tank missiles heading to Latvia There were problems with five out of eight of the new Canadian Forces anti-tank missiles. Get the latest from David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen straight to your inbox Published Dec 05, 2024 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 3 minute read More than half of the new anti-tank missiles received by the Canadian military didn’t function properly during testing, the Department of National Defence has confirmed. The federal government spent U.S. $32 million ($45 million Canadian) to purchase Spike anti-tank missiles for use by Canadian Forces personnel in Latvia. But the National Post reported on Nov. 26 that there were problems with those missiles and concerns they were not performing as required. The National Post noted that DND was considering cancelling the contract. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. DND spokesperson Nick Drescher Brown said there are no plans to cancel the Spike missile contract with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli company. But the department did acknowledge ongoing problems with the Spike LR2 missiles. “During Initial Cadre Training conducted by the company on July 15-16, 2024, five out of eight missiles experienced functionality issues,” Drescher Brown confirmed to the Ottawa Citizen. “We continue to work closely with the equipment manufacturer to identify and address the root cause of these issues.” Drescher Brown did not go into detail about the specific problems affecting the missiles. But he noted that no one was injured nor were there any safety concerns associated with the firings. “All safety protocols built into the equipment performed exactly as expected,” he added. Rafael did not respond to a request for comment. In February 2023, the Ottawa Citizen reported that the Canadian Army was fast-tracking its purchase of the anti-tank weapons as well as air defence systems for troops stationed in Latvia. The equipment was classified as an Urgent Operational Requirement, the same process used during the Afghanistan war to quickly obtain gear without going through the slower traditional procurement procedures. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Drescher Brown said in the interest of getting the new missiles quickly for the Latvia mission, no live-fire tests or demonstrations were performed during the selection process. “This technical risk was assessed and deemed acceptable as all of the potential bidders had delivered thousands of units of this product to other customers by that point in time,” he said. The ongoing issues affect both the missiles and launchers. “While deliveries of these new systems for deployed Canadian Battle Group members in Latvia has been delayed slightly, until the equipment manufacturer implements the required changes to ensure that these systems function as intended, full operational capability remains on schedule for January 2026,” Drescher Brown added. No details were provided by DND on when the needed changes for the Spike systems are expected to be completed. Canadian soldiers are in Latvia as part of the Canadian-led NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group to deter Russian aggression in the region. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in July 2023 that, as part of a major commitment to NATO, Canada would spend an additional $2.6 billion to double the number of troops it stationed in Latvia. The government’s plan would see up to 2,200 troops deployed for what is being called Operation Reassurance. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This is not the first time the Canadian military examined the purchase of modern anti-tank weapons. In 2005 the then-Liberal government had approved $194 million for the purchase of either the Israeli-made Spike missile or the American-build Javelin system. Companies put their bids in to provide 840 missiles and more than 100 firing systems. Test firings of both weapons were conducted. But a year later the bids were rejected as the Canadian Army determined it didn’t have enough information to figure out whether the weapons would be effective on the battlefield. The project then went by the wayside. Both Spike and Javelin missiles are in service with multiple nations. Javelin has been used extensively in Ukraine while Spike variants have been used in conflicts in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon and during the second Nagorno-Karabakh war. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/dnd-canadian-forces-anti-tank-missiles-latvia

I believe she said Fred Trump withheld affection, from both kids and the family in general. He berated them constantly and made his temporary approval conditional on them displaying certain behaviours like dominating others and encouraged unhealthy competition and bullying, between them. Fred Jr was least favoured because daddy thought he was too “soft” and rewarded Trump’s bullying of his older brother. But Donald was not spoiled in terms of being showered with affection, he was just slightly better off than his brother. He was only spoiled in the sense that like all insanely rich people he had an army of flunkies to pave the road in front of him, clean ip messes behind him and do things like write him fake medical certificates for non-existent bone spurs so he could dodge the draft Family dysfunction Well-to-do from the small fortune Fred’s brothel-keeper father had made, this unhappy Trump family was unhappy in its own way, all five siblings warped by its oppressive frigidity, “but my uncle Donald and my father, Freddy, suffered more than the rest.” In her telling, a critical shift came one night when Donald was 2 1/2. His mother nearly died from post-partum complications, was hospitalized for months and “never completely recovered.” Finally back home, she was … weird — an insomniac “wandering around the House at all hours like a soundless wraith… In the morning her children sometimes found her unconscious in unexpected places.” “Unstable and needy,” she used “her children to comfort herself rather than comforting them.” And so, as a result of his mother’s de facto abandonment and his father’s disengaged failure to “make him feel safe or loved [or] valued,” Donald developed “powerful but primitive defenses” — a willful callousness and “an increasing hostility to others … narcissism, bullying, grandiosity.” … That’s because, according to Mary Trump PhD, Fred Trump was a “sociopath” who taught his children that his affection for them “was entirely conditional.” One of his explicit conditions for approving of any Trump son was that he be a “killer.” And so Donald’s transgressions “became an audition for his father’s favor, as if he were saying ‘See, dad, I’m the tough one. I’m the killer.’ ” As when he obeyed Fred’s apparent order to drive up to Massachusetts and whack Freddy, who’d just achieved his dream of becoming a TWA pilot. “You know,” 18-year-old Donald told him, “dad’s really sick of you wasting your life.... He says he’s embarrassed by you ... Freddy, dad‘s right about you: you’re nothing but a glorified bus driver.” Freddy promptly became an alcoholic, got canned as a pilot, returned to the family business and ruined his marriage, finally living in his indifferent parents’ attic and dying from heart disease at 42 in 1981. Meanwhile, the “reckless hyperbole and unearned confidence” of his shameless younger brother, masks for “pathological weaknesses and insecurities,” were a perfect match for the manic, money-crazed, celebrity-obsessed perception-is-reality zeitgeist. In the 1980s he turned himself into famous Manhattan developer Donald Trump. https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=dffe646e-a537-4a02-a158-4e5c35356dae

Meh so many toxic conservatives are motivated by mommy or daddy issues. Look at Trump and his abusive father. Or PP and his (possibly indigenous) birthmother who gave him up at birth. And the ones that don’t have longstanding issues over parental rejection often have issues over being rejected by the opposite sex.

He’s objectively an a-hole, which is why a lot of conservatives like him.