Off topic but deadliest Aussie predator around.
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OMG I remember when my family was involved the Chernobyl organisation in Melbourne all the Russian teenagers, Scared each and every one of them with the drop bears. Was lucky though, Didn't lose one kid to those pesky little bastards. lol.
But on a serious note though this is the difference between Australia and Canada.
While we both have distance to protect us from our biggest most capable adversaries Australia unlike Canada still has several other nations much closer and capable friends a lot further away. This has led the majority of Canadians to grow content with a limited military while Australia who less then 2 decades ago had aircraft ready to bomb the capital of Indonesia even without US support (In regards to East Timor). Canada has had the risk of conflict while having the US and Europe as a buffer while Australia to some extent had conflict on her door step with few nations able or close by to assist so for the past while I dont agree with it can see why Canada scaled back their forces and capability.
Today though while the situation has changed some what with relations improving for Australia in SEA China has only gotten more powerful and by extension dangerous not to mention the decades of instability in the Middle East and NK gaining ICBM capability. For Australia the threat still remains if not is even more dangerous and our government is responding accordingly (Through a process that people have been telling them to do for only the last few decades... doh!) while Canada on the other hand not so much. What the Canadian leadership and most of the populace are blind to see is while they still have distance there allies are weaker then they used to be while their possible enemies have been growing and acquiring means to strike them from a lot further away. America isn't the super power it used to be and things are only going to get worse same with most of Europe, Canada is in a far worse position now then they have been since the days of America and Canada making plans to invade each other.
Long range munitions and reduced allied forces leaves Canada in a realistic chance of danger. Canada is still living in the past unwilling to wake up to the present day realities while Australia has always faced them thus was unable to forget or ignore them.
My 2 cents.
Regards, me.
Glad the upgrade is happening as well as the additional new Cormorants. I wonder what the outcome of a suit would have been? I recall reading about LM-Sikorsky’s offer on a SAR version of the Cyclone but I guess the Liberals have learned paper helicopters can bite you in the a$$.