CASR — Canadian American Strategic Review — A Modest Proposal  CASR |  Government  Documents  |  Background  | In Detail  |  Editorials CASR  A Modest Proposal  —  Archived Titles CASR's A Modest Proposal tosses out alternative approaches to procurement possibilities. This includes interim solutions to timely (or, more often, dragged out) equipment purchases; alternatives presented by disposals (or cancellations) by allied forces and  foreign militaries; and potential alterations to current Canadian Forces methods (eg: assignments and basing). ModProp pages take an intentionally off the wall approach (possible slight variations to CF business-as-usual are more often discussed in Background, Editorials or In Detail pages). Obsolete ModProp pages are eventually deleted from the CASR website. Many such pages are preserved on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A sampling of obsolete CASR's Modest Proposal pages (dating back to 2004) are listed here in reverse chronological order. CASR  A Modest Proposal  —  Obsolete Titles (Archived on the Wayback Machine) [ Note: The page links listed below open on the Internet Archive's website.] September 2009  • Make Do and Mend mit Marder?  A quick way to field the new Close Combat Vehicle    Refurbished ex-Bundeswehr  SpZ Marders as Canadian Forces Close Combat Vehicles? July 2009  • Armed CT-156: Filling a Low & Slow Gap in Top Cover for the 2010 Winter Olympics?    Peter Marshall suggests Athen's 2006 armed T-6As as a model for the Winter Olympics March 2008  • Creative Swaps – Deal Making on Helicopters for Kandahar    Assured access to Czech NATO Mi-17s with Challengers and Bell 412s as inducements. September 2006  • Armed CH-146 Griffon Helicopters for Kandahar?    Musings on interim escort helicopters for Afghanistan (which happened a few years later). December 2005  • Cramming for the RG-31: the LSVW as an Interim APV Simulator?    Eventually actual RG-31 APVs were diverted to the training role in Canada September 2005  • SAR Aircraft:  Rethinking the Approach to Canadian Aerial Search and Rescue    We claimed that the FWSAR Project tail was wagging the Air Force dog. And it still is. August 2005  • Enforcer Class: Less is More for Rotterdam/Galicia class Landing Platform Docks    LPDs were part of CDS Gen Hillier's "Big Honkin' Ship" amphibious warfare concept. July 2005  • A Grizzly for Kandahar? Armoured Logistics Carriers by converting surplus AVGPs?    DND had 100 surplus AVGPs while the CF faced vulnerable supply lines in Afghanistan. May 2005  • "Location, Location ..." – Tweaking the 'Whole Fleet Management' Plan    WFM Plan for pre-positioning CF vehicles and equipment to simplify shipment overseas while being available for training. Why focus on inland Trenton and often iced-in Montreal? February 2005  • Rifles for the Canadian Rangers: why not rechamber Lee-Enfields No.4s for 7.62mm?    Fast forward? Years later and new Canadian Ranger Rifles are still in the concept stage.  • Surplus CV9040s for Afghanistan: Can an 'Interim Solution' become the Future CCV?    [obsolete page] Upgrade ex-Swedish CV9040s as a short-cut to the Close Combat Vehicle? June 2005  • Big Honkin’ Ship Building Opportunities? Seating Troops on top of Bulk Fuels!?    The jack-of-all-trades Joint Support Ship concept has now been replaced by a JSS AOR. May 2005  • Armoured Linelayer? "I am a linesman for the [country] and I drive the main road ..."    MCpl Patrick Twomey suggests converting G-wagons into armoured linelayers. April 2005  • Extending SALIS (NATO Lease Arrangement for Strategic Airlift) to North America    Harper Conservatives preferred to buy CC-117 Globemaster IIIs from Boeing. January 2005  • Perfectly Candid: ASD Ilyushin IL-76s Alternative for Canadian Strategic Airlift  • Perfectly Candid: Westernized Canadian Forces Ilyushin IL-76 Strategic Airlifters? December 2004  • Snowbird Aircraft Replacement Project Alternative: Surplus Czech AF Aero L159s?    SARP: Czechs were motivated to reduce numbers of westernized Aero L159 jet trainers. October 2004  • Halifax for the Home Front? [Part 1] Maritime Staff contemplates Offshore Patrol Vessels  • Halifax for the Home Front? [Part 2]  Modified Canadian Patrol Frigates as OPVs?  • Maritime Security and Canada's Economic Exclusion Zones - an Overview July 2004  • Does a LAV III need a manned turret? A Protected Weapon Station for the LAV III    Realized in Aug 2007 when 33 LAV-RWS conversions (from LAV TUAs) were ordered June 2004  • Offshore Patrol Vessels: An Interim Maritime Security Force based on the MCDV April 2004  • Mine-Resistant Vehicles for the Canadian Forces? - The Australian Bushmaster    With the LARV Project stalled, why not consider consider options for existing vehicles?  • ALSC project: AOR Replacement Alternative based on a stretched Halifax-class hull?    ALSC Project became JSS Project which is still unbuilt but did transmogrify into an AOR  • ALSC project: PacifiCat fast catamaran as transport alternative to multi-purpose JSS    Fast catamaran ferries are used as US military transports but JSS has turned into an oiler. March 2004  • Mine-Resistant Vehicles for the Canadian Forces? - South African Casspir [Part 1]    Mired in the history of South Africa's Apartheid era, Casspir is still a viable vehicle  • Mine-Resistant Vehicles for the Canadian Forces? - South African Casspir [Part 2]    Potential for upgrading the Casspir as a blast-resistant logistics vehicle for Kandahar  • Mine-Resistant Vehicles for the Canadian Forces? - South African Casspir [Part 3]    The use and potential of converting surplus Casspirs for the de-mining role  CASR |  Government  Documents  |  Background  | In Detail  |  Editorials