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@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Can rethink everything with more numbers, Gripen fan boys love talking rugged airfields. With over horizon radar, more time to get up, fuel. Russian cruise missiles launched stand-off more than 1k away from platforms will be main adversary. Meteor gives 200km stand-off defense./1

@360_Secure @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Coverage isn't changing. We'll still base them out of Cold Lake and Bagotville. We're still getting roughly 100 give or take. A tanker up on both sides of the country 24/7...that's laughable. Tanking on the way to an intercept seems like wasting time vs drop tanks.

From the the US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 19, 2026. The head of NORAD makes clear that not only does he not need “5th Gen” fighters for N. American air defence, he would prefer 4th Gen. cc: @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-re…

@DoyleWilliamP @takentryagain1 @MrGlobal2025 Sure. But point is these boneheads started all this without even an inkling of a thought that maybe the MEF should put away their dock chairs & start thinking about departing Japan until we're already weeks into this... so...

And a whole cadre of merchant ships moving back and forth—remember, the National Defense Reserve Fleet existed during the Vietnam era and was tapped to surge capacity. Today, watch the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Force and Military Sealift Command surge fleet. Activation—shifting ships from ROS to full operating status—is the canary in the coal mine.

Kinda weird how we are all just waiting for a ground war to start and wondering how they will manipulate markets under that scenario.

@SweeneyDenese @toyotahara @MrGlobal2025 Not evident at all under market manipulation. All it takes is a few coordinated big players to threaten the short positions, squeeze them into margin calls / force some hedging. When shorting, you can turn out to be "right", but not "right soon enough" can break you.

@toyotahara @MrGlobal2025 lol. Evidently he does because it works.

@takentryagain1 @DoyleWilliamP @MrGlobal2025 Yeah, remember Vietnam? We only sent in "advisors" in 1954, then a lot of "advisors" in 1961, as some of the "advisors" started becoming casualties. By the end of Tet offensive, US had some 540K "advisors" in country.

@DoyleWilliamP @MrGlobal2025 Escalation trap. Just a little amphibious assault, just gonna capture some islands. Whoops, island boys are getting drone from further inland and we can't bomb away every drone launch site. Well, gotta go inland and root em out .....

@AUBIN78 @MrGlobal2025 ... distribution (pipeline) decisions made decades ago, whereas refined gas is shipped back to East Canada because at volume, makes financial sense to do that. Export restrictions can't be implemented on short term horizons, everything just costs more but in different ways./2

@AUBIN78 @MrGlobal2025 Not unless you nationalize companies that own & profit from the oil, a decidedly non-capitalistic thing to do. Oil flows to where it does because market makes it do that. For instance, heavy sour crude is refined on Gulf Coast of US because of $B in investment in production &../1

When I look at oil 17 times a day now it could be 80 or 120 and neither would surprise me in the least.

@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster But F-35A engine is monstrously hungry at high speed. Depends on whole picture, not on a variable that doesn't exist (racing empty pylon fighters). It's a better argument to discuss scenarios, can afford more of them, cut distances by coverage, buy more tanker aircraft support.

@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Except that's not true. F-35A carries 8,200 kg of fuel internally, Gripen E has internal capacity of approximately 3,400 kg. Each internal drop tank has 1,100 kg of fuel. Gripen E decked out with tanks, ext weapons is just under F-35A range without them. Clearly wrong comparator.

@StreetNepean @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Not presented that way, no. For instance F-35 proponents will point out with load-outs, internal weapon bays / fuel tanks change those substantially. But sheer quantity purchased / distance dispersal also has “intercept speed” of its own.

@jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Raw speed matters for physical intercepts, too. F-35 - Mach 1.6 CF-18 - Mach 1.8 Gripen E - Mach 2 F-15EX - Mach 2.5

@macutty @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Yes, why the only serious considerations are being made for dual fleet or F-35 only.

@jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Canada's fighter requirement is not limited to NORAD.

@herncosta @jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster “Freeing up” is American perspective that sells better when US are obviously committed to F-35 (and selling it). NORAD however, understands its need is for a classic interceptor, where speed over vast distances & coverage through sheer numbers outweigh F-35 capabilities.

@jec79 @davidpugliese @Murray_Brewster Well I don't think we should be buying f-35s or anything else from these guys. But they're talking about allocation of resources, they want f-35s freed up for invading countries. Also, Tom Cotton is a shitty guy to be taking guidance from.

@DTrumpJrJunior After all news links commonly suppress pre-load images and that's been an Elon thing for a while now. I'm sure her primary instinct is to take that and turn it into a "must be over the target" thing in seconds.

@DTrumpJrJunior A couple of quick searches, no more than a few seconds looking into it. If using open graph in tweets, the X search algorithm thinks you're spamming, it suppresses visibility / image previews, etc. Elon is known to be never fond of anything that "leaves" his little hell hole...

@DTrumpJrJunior Oh in start-ups, we call that "pivoting", which strangely enough does work well in the secretary analogy while trying to tow along how much your incredibly smart team learned from funding that went into "prior relationship" that now gets incorporated in pursuit of the secretary.

@NickMorin8 @MrGlobal2025 The echo chamber is real, with very high walls. It’s not even their worldview, the very facts a worldview is built on are provably false and obtained there. Saw a Fox vid, some ex-General MAGA believes this has been greatest op in US Military history…

@MrGlobal2025 The only surprise for me is that there are still so many people who just can't get themselves to simply SEE the reality that is in front of us all ... This is the part I'll never understand.

Seeing how this administration has managed everything else is what we are seeing now any surprise to anyone? I mean seriously.

@Mihai26001112 @WeaponScientist @NotWoofers Oh MUCH worse. Flynn in particular goes out of his way to not disparage Trump in any way. He could take Putin’s money in the open, don’t break the golden rule, nobody would care. Funny, the people they do want (i.e. Comey), DoJ is so incompetent, makes it all hopeless anyways.

@WeaponScientist @NotWoofers The issue is that this Admin is chuck full of clowns, so, unless they can prove it and take action against them, nobody will take them seriously.

I’d buy that. Tucker Carlson is obviously paid for. Michael Flynn is crazy and suggestible. Joe Kent is a conspiracy theorist tied to Tulsi Gabbard and would likely willingly work with the Russians. Candace Owens appears to be in the midst of psychosis and likely suggestible.

@BCShinner @joni_askola Yeah it matters. Trump is a buffoon, losing control of the legislative branch having the subtle deal making finesse of a brontosaurus will make this lame duck’s head explode. Guardrails frustrate would be kings. Rest will come second half.

@joni_askola You keep posting this info like it matters. Trump isn't up for reelection. What you need to be focused on is the new term incoming. Someone needs to come up with a viable candidate with a good standing political record.

The midterm map was already looking hostile for Trump. Launching a catastrophic, deeply unpopular war in Iran just guaranteed a wave election against him. Facing an electoral wipeout, the obvious question is what unprecedented methods he will use to try to rig the outcome

@CandyKurgan @KatKanada_TM Being an advisor is an unpaid position, clearly Trudeau didn’t want to pay that much attention to economics, so “advisor” is exactly what it is defined as. I find it funnier that Carney has taken on Harper as an “advisor”, but you lose your minds on (a) not (b).

@KatKanada_TM I find it funny that noone cares that Mr. Carney served as an informal advisor to Trudeau during the COVID-19 pandemic and was appointed Chair of the Liberal Party's Task Force on Economic Growth in September 2024- Wiki. While still VP at Brookfield.

Still can't believe people looked at Carney and thought he'd be better than Trudeau... despite ALL the warning signs. I guess all Liberal media had to do was say "boo, Trump!" and the Elbozo Boomers fell for it.

@westcoastsam @KatKanada_TM Shhh don’t tell them. They might beat Trudeau any day now… they have his number I tell you…

@KatKanada_TM You keep whining about something you had a chance to change... the election.. You could do so much more for the conservative movement if you came up with ideas instead of crying. Every time you mention Trudeau you make it easier to stop listening to your message. Try harder

@HughEverett @RachelBitecofer It’s also a highly stupid war, and nobody does stupid quite like Whiskey Pete. Little Marco thinks his governor of Cuba dream is just around the corner.

@RachelBitecofer Little Marco wants peace, because that’s his job. He’s the Peace Guy. Pete is the War Guy…..and business is good.

Trump says Hegseth was disappointed to hear that the war could be ending.