insanity… these traitors are a bunch of terrorists
https://www.arabianaerospace.aero/cae-steers-remote-control-to-a-new-level-in-the-uae.html
The UAE’s interest in developing the use of remote piloted aircraft (RPAs) for its armed services has taken a significant step forward following the award of a contract to Canada-based simulation and training specialist CAE.
The UAE is reported to have taken delivery of a batch of General Atomics Predator XP unarmed RPAs earlier this year – the first nation in the Gulf to do so – and is also the first export customer for the Piaggio Aero P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned air vehicle, a development of the P.180 Avanti executive turboprop aircraft. The UAE is taking eight Hammerheads.
Under the $42 million, five-year contract announced in May, CAE will provide the UAE Air Force and Air Defence (UAEAF&AD) with an integrated training package that will include academic, simulator and live flying training for the air force’s fleet of RPAs.
“Remotely piloted aircraft have been proven as an indispensable asset in modern combat operations and, like all platforms, they require skilled and proficient aircrews who are prepared for a range of missions,” said Ian Bell, CAE’s vice-president and general manager, Middle East/Asia-Pacific.
https://www.straight.com/news/460271/why-bc-residents-should-pay-attention-trident-nuclear-submarine-scandal-britain
For decades, B.C. peace activists have been raising an alarm about nuclear-weapons-carrying submarines travelling through Georgia Strait.
When Jean Chrétien was prime minister, Nanoose Conversion Campaign worker Norm Abbey alleged that the Nanoose Bay naval base near Nanaimo had become a "branch plant" of the U.S. Navy's undersea-warfare operations.
Abbey noted that at least three Trident vessels fitted with "targeted nuclear warheads" had visited the base.
"U.S. submarines have been using Nanoose Bay since 1965, when they moved north from the more densely populated waters of Puget Sound," wrote Abbey in Peace Magazine. "Residents of urban centers like Seattle didn't want the nuclear safety hazards, and Ottawa obliged by signing the 'Canada-U.S. Nanoose Agreement' in 1965."
Trident nuclear-weapon-armed submarines are back in the news after a British whistleblower wrote an alarming 18-page report citing many safety risks.
"We are so close to a nuclear disaster it is shocking, and yet everybody is accepting the risk to the public," wrote seaman William McNeilly, who is now in custody.
This week, his brother Aaron told STV News that his family supports McNeilly's efforts to alert the public. "I'm very proud of my brother for what he has done."
He also insisted that his brother is not a liar.
In 1995, the Straight reported that under a series of 10-year agreements, the U.S. pays to operate a torpedo test range on Winchelsea Island in Nanoose Bay. Canada covers the salaries of Canadian civilian staff.
In 1999, Ottawa expropriated the nearby provincially owned seabed so that testing could continue. This came after an NDP government had threatened to cancel the lease if ships carrying nuclear weapons entered the area.
The expropriation was challenged in court by the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation. It won the first round in the Federal Court of Canada but in 2003, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the expropriation.
Since then, no B.C. premier or Canadian prime minister has publicly questioned the wisdom of U.S. submarines entering B.C. waters carrying nuclear weapons.
why so much time on the west coast? hmm…
Trudeau to hold retreat with newly shuffled cabinet in Nanaimo, B.C.
August 14, 2018
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hole up with his newly shuffled cabinet for three days next week in Nanaimo, B.C.
The retreat, scheduled for Aug. 21-23, marks the first meeting of Trudeau’s cabinet since he added five fresh faces and rearranged the portfolios of six other ministers in a substantial, pre-election shuffle last month.
During the retreat, the Prime Minister’s Office says ministers will discuss ways to grow the economy and create jobs, with a focus on diversifying international trade, eliminating trade barriers between the provinces and maintaining the integrity and security of Canada’s borders.
Trudeau focused on the same issues in the shuffle, reflecting the challenges his Liberal government faces due to American protectionism and the spike in irregular border crossers as it prepares for an election in just one year.
He named former Toronto police chief Bill Blair to head up a newly created ministry on border security and reducing organized crime; Dominic LeBlanc was moved to Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade; and Jim Carr took over the renamed portfolio of International Trade Diversification.
Trudeau has announced he’ll hold a first ministers’ meeting sometime this fall, specifically to look at the elimination of trade barriers between the provinces and territories.
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/trudeau-to-hold-retreat-with-newly-shuffled-cabinet-in-nanaimo-b-c