There have been calls for Canada to mix its fighter jets so as to have Rafales or Gripens alongside its F-35s.

@richardshimooka.bsky.social, @balkandevlen.bsky.social, and I think this is a very bad idea and not only because of the costs involved. nationalpost.com/opinion/mixe...

My latest in the Hub, which discusses the perils of trying to shift Canadian defence production away from American supply chains to European ones. It an area not well understood outside a handful of defence analysts and industry members.

thehub.ca/2025/04/11/r...

A CBC double header from me. First it was my pleasure to answer listener questions on Just Asking, guest hosted Marcia Young on with the incomparable Dr Whitney Lackenbauer to answer questions on the state of the CAF.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Forget annexation. @balkandevlen.bsky.social, @richardshimooka.bsky.social, and I argue in the G&M that "What the White House’s budgetary aspirations indicate ... an insular, enfeebled and politically divided country that harks back to the 1920s and 1930s." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

In my latest Substack essay, I write that American society is not polarized--it is complacent and docile, at least for now. open.substack.com/pub/alanoszk...

My Latest in the Hub - as we move towards an inevitable federal election, the risk of bad Defence policy promises grows.

thehub.ca/2025/02/24/r...

The bombastic clickbait title aside, which we did not choose,
@balkandevlen.bsky.social, @richardshimooka.bsky.social, and I argue that although Trump's territorial rhetoric is worrisome, his stated ambitions are far from feasible such that we must 'right-size' him. nationalpost.com/opinion/dona...

As requested: A thread on the birth of plutonium, the incredibly rapid work done to develop the new metal, and the human experiences - and human costs - of the scientists and techs who did the work. In particular, the untold stories of my kindred metallurgist spirits at Los Alamos.
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@balkandevlen.bsky.social, @richardshimooka.bsky.social, and I have a new piece in The Hub on what Assad's fall in Syria tells us about Russia's global political reach and what Canada and its allies ought to do about it. thehub.ca/2024/12/19/r...

Of all the days to recommend purchasing submarines from the Republic of Korea...

thehub.ca/2024/12/03/r...

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