Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Matsimus" channel.

  1. CRAZY being the appropriate word. I'm an engineer and I am NOT against our Army, Navy or Airforce upgrading nay part of their inventory, but they are being so idiotically stupid with some of the programs. Other than the insanity of the sub program and I am all for getting nuclear powered subs - ITS THE COST. There's also the new Frigates, which like the subs are a cost issue - we are paying 3x what the British Navy is paying for the same boat. There's also the new offshore patrol vessels which are not only MORE than 10x the cost of the previous vessels but will cost more to operate. That's just the Navy and it highlights the problem - PRICE GOUGHING combined with stupid bureaucrats and even stupider politicians surrounded by a legion of lobbyists with too much money.
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  2. Well if that's the case. If you even have the slightest fantasy of sending this stuff to Canada you are going to need to talks to someone like me. I have 30+ years in control systems and automation. Back in late 2017 through early 2018 I went to Canada to finish a project for an Australia Company. I ended up having to completely redesign the entire electrical and control system for Canadian standards. I was there through one of their winters and NOTHING you hear prepares you for it. I still remember the days just after Christmas 2017 when the entire middle region of Canada around Saskatchewan (where I was) was effectively in a lock down because of the weather. I woke up one day to every TV channel flashing alarms for the cold. I was in a small town in central Sask with the rest of the team back in Regina for Christmas. The message they gave me was simple - stay indoors and touch nothing made of metal that is connected to the outside like door knobs and window frames unless wearing gloves. Going outside for someone unprepared was lethal. The time to frostbite for exposed skin was something like 3-5 minutes. Unless you have experienced a Canadian Winter NOBODY can properly explain it to you and I never went to the far North were its even worse. EVERYTHING IN THAT VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE RECONSIDERED for CANADIAN conditions. When I mean everything I mean anything made of plastic, rubber and the cloth, oil, grease and even the bearings. The engine would need a complete overhaul including the cold weather hardware. You need to go right down to the paint and the welding. You need to think of it in terms of taking the worst of Australia's desert and then put minus signs in front of every number. FYI - I have worked in the Australian mining industry so I have seen how brutal that is first hand.
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  3.  @robertsharp3238  Yeah, I think that's pretty obvious. Its basically Australia's Humvee and it wasn't that long before a civilian version of that became available.
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