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YYZT580 replied to the thread New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy.have we ever really tried to be competitive since WW2? We were in the 19th century when oak was the materiel of choice.
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YYZT580 reacted to Czech_pivo's post in the thread The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement) with
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Understood. But can we build Flaps? Can we build Rudders? Can we build wings? Can we build eject seats? Can we build nosecones? Can we... -
YPart of that is true but another part is that the Brits were early converts to life long learning. Everybody was taught to read and...
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YVery Norwegian ;)
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YYZT580 replied to the thread Replacing the Subs.I seem to recall a few comments within these pages alluding to the necessity of transferring our skills off-shore as we were moving into...
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YYZT580 replied to the thread Replacing the Subs.Slight tangent but the benefits of the NSS are starting to appear all over as in deficiencies that have lain dormant or simply ignored...
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YI believe Irving recently stated that their attrition rate is about 6.8 %.Part of the late start for NSCC collaboration has been the...
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YYZT580 reacted to Czech_pivo's post in the thread New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy with
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True Its no different than the current situation with the River class. They talk about 15 but we've only delivered cash for 3 so far... -
YYZT580 replied to the thread Replacing the Subs.Won't they need it? Simple rates of attrition will require at a guess 10% replacement/training per year and that is without expansion...
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YIrving does have agreements with in place with Nova Scotia Community College for similar courses I believe. My primary point is for...
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YYZT580 replied to the thread Replacing the Subs.Don't know about Irving but both Seaspan and Ontario Shipyards have partnered with community colleges and are developing fabrication...
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YBoth yards had to learn to crawl, walk and now run. Irving started on the Hero Class, then AOP's and now RCD. Seaspan on the OFSV, OOSV...
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YThe UK’s BAE shipyards has 3 yards to Irving’s 1 and it has close to 3x the employees. So, should we have 1 yard, 2 yards or 3 yards...
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YYZT580 replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.Do you think so? It doesn't take a military expert to realise that the output from 2 yards even at full rate won't even keep up with...
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YYZT580 replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.The purpose of our NSS programme is to develop and maintain ship-building skills and it was determined that 2 of these would be...
