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Re: the on-going equipment procurement debate
Amen...!
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Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2021 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: the on-going equipment procurement debate
> I've spent the better part of a half hour here, following the debate over
> Canadian arms and equipment procurement policy. It's been really
interesting.
> But please remember that an army is supposed to be built to combat likely
> threats to the nation in the near- to medium-term future. There are no
likely
> situations in which the Canadian Armed Forces will have to fight a heavy
> armored threat force either on this continent or anywhere else in the
> foreseeable future. The fall of the Warsaw Pact settled that. The US, the
> Brit's and the French can fight a major war far better than we can, simply
> because they have the population size and the economies to match.
>
> It seems to me that most of Canada's future military roles on the ground
will
> involve peacekeeping (a la Kosovo, Bosnia, etc.), defense of the coast
from
> unfriendly incursions, and supporting the civil power. So having good
light
> infantry, mobile artillery, light-to-medium armor, good tactical airlift
> (i.e., helicopters and C-130's), and an adequate air- and sea-lift
capacity
> are the ways to go. Let's not spend a fortune on M-1's and Apache's when
the
> Leopard I and the lighter vehicles can meet these combat roles. Rather,
let's
> recruit more men (and women) for infantry, art'y and armor.
>
> Canada has some of the best troops in the world, easily a match for any
the
> US can field, but there are too few of them. Let's correct that.
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