Update: Canada gold reserves, from a 1965 peak to zero—Canada lost $200 Billion—The bill Canadians still carry
Canada gold reserves: how did Canada, a G7 country, go from holding more than 1,023 tonnes of gold to holding none—and why does that decision look even more reckless in today’s risk environment? How did Ottawa go to just 68 ounces recorded on March 31, 2016—and still choose to hold none today? Moreover, the question
MH370 search resumes: Tracking Ocean Infinity’s return to the southern Indian Ocean
MH370 search resumes—so what, exactly, is happening now, and what would count as real progress in the world’s most scrutinised aviation search? Nearly 12 years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, the hunt is back in motion, again centred on the southern Indian Ocean and again driven by the same core
Garmin Autoland system: the emergency button that can land an aircraft
Garmin Autoland system: can a single button really land a modern aircraft when nobody in the cockpit can? Notably, that question stopped being hypothetical on December 20, 2025, when a Beechcraft King Air B200 landed at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) in Colorado under Garmin Autoland control, in what Garmin described as the first “start-to-finish”
US foreign investments: Washington’s comeback bid in Panama, Africa, and the new contest with Beijing
US foreign investments are back—so is this the moment Washington finally starts out-building Beijing in the places that matter most? In early January 2026, the investment headlines stopped sounding abstract and started sounding like ports, rail lines, and hard cash. Moreover, the Trump administration’s early pattern looks less like a slogan and more like a
France orders GlobalEye: Saab’s AEW&C win and Bombardier’s Canadian angle
France orders GlobalEye—so what does a Swedish airborne radar deal, built on Canadian metal, change for Europe’s air defence and Canada’s aerospace industrial base? On December 30, 2025, Saab confirmed it signed a contract with France’s Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) for two GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, plus ground equipment, training,
Airbus A220 fake image: Can you spot the errors?
Airbus A220 fake image: can you spot the errors in the snowy SWISS scene before you trust the headline? Recently, a dramatic “photo” of a SWISS Airbus A220-300 (registered HB-JCM) stuck in a snowbank spread across travel sites and social feeds. Meanwhile, the real event at Kittilä Airport (KTT/EFKT) in Finnish Lapland was serious enough
UAP/UFO aviation safety: Rhode Island cockpit call, nuclear-linked claims, and the search for hard data
When another pilot makes a joke UAP/UFO aviation safety: what should a pilot do when a “small silver canister” appears off the wingtip at 3,500 feet—and another crew (flight Cronos 402) on frequency jokes, “I want to believe” and “Good luck with the aliens”? That “I want to believe” aside is straight out of The
Air Force One fleet: USAF orders two more Boeing 747-8s – here’s why
Air Force One fleet: why is the U.S. Air Force buying two more Boeing 747-8s for US$400 million right now? Moreover, the timing is not subtle. On December 16, 2025, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) confirmed it will acquire two more 747-8s (for a total of 4) to build a training and sustainment pipeline for
Bombardier Gripen Canada — Build It Here, Build It Now
Bombardier Gripen Canada: is this the moment a Swedish‑Canadian fighter line becomes real? On October 22, 2025, Sweden and Ukraine signed a letter of intent for up to 150 Gripen E fighters, instantly raising the stakes for Saab’s production capacity and vaulting Canada—through Bombardier—into the conversation about where new assembly lines could land. Two days
Canada Suspends Sanctions on Russia: The Airbus Waiver
Canada Suspends Sanctions on Russia: does the Airbus waiver reflect pragmatic industrial policy or a double standard that weakens Western unity? Governments keep two ledgers—one for principle, one for supply? On November 6, 2025, Ottawa granted Airbus a fresh waiver fromCanadian sanctions on Russian‑origin titanium, averting a disruption to widebody imports and safeguarding assembly and
