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  1. canuck101

    AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)

    If they do build variants of the Spanish Cantabria AOR how many would they build, and would this leave them open to purchase a surplus LPD or LHD from the US.
  2. canuck101

    Four British Soldiers Killed

    http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1319391,00.html The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the deaths of four UK soldiers in Afghanistan - including the first British woman to die in active service since the conflict began. Next of kin have been informedNext of kin have been...
  3. canuck101

    Bernier's plane pledge catches Ottawa off guard

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080523.wbernier23/BNStory/National/home I was reading the globeandmail this morning and found this a very interesting read. This Minister is not helping himself in the least. DANIEL LEBLANC AND STEVEN CHASE From Friday's Globe and Mail...
  4. canuck101

    CP-140 Aurora

    I have a question for you guys i know Bombardier is planning to build a C series plane. I would like to know is how does it compare to 737 in size. does anyone know what price bombardier is going to ask for the C series plane. I know that would not include the cost of making it to military...
  5. canuck101

    Seakings Will Serve Until 2012

    sorry for the re-post of the article.
  6. canuck101

    Seakings Will Serve Until 2012

    http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=d2dbea6c-e906-4f00-b2e0-8f85b0ce52c5 Delay in replacement helicopters affects Sea Kings By Richard Foot, CanWest News Service The long-awaited arrival of new military helicopters to replace Canada's worn-out Sea King fleet has been delayed...
  7. canuck101

    Merry Christmas 2007

    Merry Christmas Well some of are not so lucky and working right now :(
  8. canuck101

    Destroyer Replacement Program

    I have a question about the De Zeven Provincien Class guided missile carrying fast frigates. What do you guys think of this ship as a possible replacement for the Tribal class destroyers. It seems to be around the same size as the Tribal class Destroyers.
  9. canuck101

    Destroyer Replacement Program

    We can always hope they chose the modified version of the Arleigh Burke Class Aegis destroyer. It would ofcourse be a heavy ship at over 7370 tonnes but the core crew and air crew combined comes to 230. The DDG's that we have now are 5100 tonnes and a full crew of 280.
  10. canuck101

    leo replacement?

    M1A1/A2 Tanks can be refitted with diesel engines just like the Australians have done.
  11. canuck101

    Best Air Support ?

    when we have all the new equipment that we need that will be the time for fantasy not before even with the new stuff we are still going to need more.
  12. canuck101

    "O'Connor has $8B military 'wish list"

    ;D This is going to be fun watching the responses to the last postĀ  ;D
  13. canuck101

    Future of ASW?

    He may be referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-8_Multimission_Maritime_Aircraft.
  14. canuck101

    Defence Policy in the 2006 General Election

    Employ for shorter periods of service so very low benefits or none at all.
  15. canuck101

    Cancel MGS - Buy new Cockeril 105mm design (see link)...

    The Bradley weights in at 50,000 lbs info found on this site: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m2.htm the LAV III weights in at 16 950 kg info found on this site: http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/2_0_48_1.asp?FlashEnabled=1&uSubSection=48&uSection=5 :) I know that was not what you...
  16. canuck101

    Strategic vs. Tactical Airlift - What balance do we need? (from: Military wins no matter what after election)

    I was just reading this article on http://www.sfu.ca/casr/bg-airlift-tactical.htm and i thought it looked interesting. I did not hear anything about airbus offering this solutions sounds interesting.
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