A Modest Proposal  ~    List of Titles 04 Sept 2005 [updated 19 Sept 2007] – Rethinking Canadian Search and Rescue The Air Force wants $6 Billion for new transports.  Included are 15 new FWSAR aircraft. The FWSAR tail is wagging the Air Force dog – time to re-examine SAR. 27 August 2005 – Enforcer:  Less is More for the Rotterdam/Galicia class LPD Landing Platform Dock ships are the core of amphibious assaults. But are DND's Maritime Staff fixated on the US San Antonio class? Duncan Dewar examines one LPD alternative – the joint Dutch-Spanish built Rotterdam/Galicia class vessels. [Author, Dewer, served in the Naval Reserves at HMCS Prevost and Cataraqui.] NB: obsolete ModProp pages from 2005-2004 have been deleted. These include: June 2005  Alternatives to the Joint Support Ship project:  Instead of ALSC/JSS. May 2005  G-Wagons as Tech MRTs and Line MRTs: uparmoured linelayers. April 2005  Extending NATO SALIS to North America: An-124s at CFB Trenton Feb 2005  Rifles for Rangers: rechamber the reliable Lee-Enfields for 7.62 NATO?   • For an update, see: Canadian Ranger Rifle a project to replace the Lee-Enfield. Oct 2004  A Halifax for the Home Front?: Halifax OPV conversion, Part 1/Part 2. Oct 2004  Maritime Security and a EEZ Security Plan: overview/asset summary. July 2004  LAV III Protected Weapon Station: does a LAV need a manned turret?  Note: this concept has since been realized with the LAV-RWS TUA conversion. June 2004  Interim Maritime Security Force: Canadian Coast Guard and MCDVs. Adding a militarized tier to the CCG with elements of  the existing Naval Reserves. May 2004  Kaiser class AOR: surplus USN tankers instead of  JSS/ALSC project. April 2004  A Case for Co-Development: should Canada join in on the Australian Bushmaster blast-resistant vehicle? Bushmaster was later submitted for TAPV. April 2004  SeaHawk Stop-Gap?: a potential fill-in for Maritime Helicopter Project. April 2004  A Future Strategic Airlifter alternative: Alternative Service Delivery. March 2004  Mine Resistant Vehicles: a series on MRVs  (now called an MRAP). For the development of such MPVs, see: blast-resistant vehicles. A more concise Background page on Casspir MRVs exists. See APV Project for the Nyala series.