A Third Way

The question was raised: Can't our f-18s take out russian bombers when they are refueling, even if they are protected by 6 fighters... ...

PHilmac, You are right that mid-air refueling is the biggest weak spot among all airforces today. Probably our f18s could have a big adv...

Ok Gentlemen, let it be a given that right now in 2010, it is nigh impossible to conceive of a day we might have to take on Russian planes i...

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Ok Riddler and co. Again your question regarding the Russian bomber probe: First go to a map any map, google is fine... measure out 250nm ...

Ewesfly said: " Yellowstone or my beloved Canadian Rocky mountains become more and more overrun with tourists" I can't agree...

Ok folks here are some important facts, you might not read in these blogs and in the press. More fighter for less money? I was always tau...

WillM, the F22 is unobtainable. The program was unfunded this year, the factories mothballed. It would cost 4 billion just to reopen the fac...

Guantanamo said: "alethia, I have read all the posts since my comments, yet I have not seen one response that gives a possible scenario...

Sue2 said: "do you have an opinion as to why the DND in Ottawa have been caught trying to change any critical information about the Con...

Canada1: Its great dialoguing with you. You said: "Alethia.........A bit over-simplistic. Canada doesn't fly incursions into Russi...

Matrix Dwelleer said: "The Canadian government should have considered the F22 instead of the F35 IMO. Of course the ban on exporting th...

Canada1 said: "What did you want them to do? They fly missions in the Arctic, we fly missions in Europe as part of NATO. They spy, we...

ShootMessenger said:So tell me again why we are wasting $16 BILLION on these F-35 jets that no one else wants to buy? __________________ ...

21,000 Jedi Knights: The response to religious questions. I support a compromise. Perhaps for different reasons than most. There is the...

One thing I do know is that modern pipelines are now made with a Molybdenum allow--somewhere about 8% moly. Moly makes steels extremely cor...

Jason Ray said: "This isn't a coalition... ...a coaltion is when two or more parties actually govern together... ...not seek co...

Barnsey said: "Surely I am not the only one to protest such invasive irrelevant questions?" The two sides of this debate are tal...

Barnsey said: "Surely I am not the only one to protest such invasive irrelevant questions?" The two sides of this debate are tal...

Jimcanyou said: "When liberals were in we had 13billion surplus now that conservatives are in we have over 50billion deficit and growin...

TSimba said: "as a visible minority citizen i feel marginalized by the stupid decision of Tony Clement ...he should resign immediately ...

Let me say I would favor some sort of compromise. I had a coffee with my MP the other day. The story had just broke. I pointed out the pr...

GOD is, according to the Bible, in two minds about censuses. The Book of Numbers is so named because of God’s command to Moses that he shoul...

The ideal census involves a purely random sample. I believe this is why the director resigned. A voluntary statistics gathering from a sta...

The thing that galls me the most are the pro-Iranians who feel vindicated now, because see, Canada has problems too. One poster today said I...

Last Week the NY Times announced that Lockheed Martin intends to spend 10 billion dollars to the 100+ Canadian companies which work on this ...

VeryBig Said: "The last I hear the Aspers were jewish" So? Your posting in the Globe and Mail, owned by BCE, not the National P...

VeryBigBig said: "North America's press is controlled by the jews. That's true in the US and it certainly true in Canada....

I don't care if I get 1000 thumbs down for this, but I need to say. The US is much maligned. To the point of being ridiculous. No on...

Jim Jazz said: "In terms of Arctic sovereignty, solid arguments have been made that this is not a solution to that at all. Russian figh...

Sigh: "His Fascist Ministerial regime in the meantime, has done EVERYTHING in their collective power thus far to restrict Access to Inf...

Mattvan, I hear what your saying. I agree that war is always about tragedy and human suffering. But its story is told by those who surviv...

riddler101 said: "..with $9 billion - you could make your own jobs, just think of the infrastructure you could build in the north.. re...

Yesterday, the New York Times said that Lockheed-Martin expects to buy more than 10 billion dollars worth of parts from Canadian Companies. ...

Bunk Detector said: "Oh look, another Israelofascist feigning objectivity by insisting the world revolves around her/him. Whatever....

Winglet said: "Alethia - I don't disagree with you, but what world are we living in? Unless insurgents in Afghanistan all of a sudd...

Will_M said: yeh, but dave, you have not addressed my point: there are faster more agile fighters available _______________ It is interes...

When I think of Canada and the US, I usually employ the 10% rule. Canada's population is roughly 10% of the US. Historically, governme...

Do we have to go through this again? ALL the parties of Canada agreed to do deficit spending to stimulate the economy from 2009 to 2010. F...

Do we have to go through this again? ALL the parties of Canada agreed to do deficit spending to stimulate the economy from 2009 to 2010. F...

Do we have to go through this again? ALL the parties of Canada agreed to do deficit spending to stimulate the economy from 2009 to 2010. F...

Opus72 writes: While the F35 is a superior plane, I do question its choice. There are some planes out there that while not as stealthy, do j...

Let me tell you, I am mad at Victoria for many reasons . The least of which is the HST. If Bill were not my MLA, I don...