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Remember that if the Canadian public & 3 of our political parties have their way  we will also be History in a combat role a year from now.  So will we get rid of our armoured veh's  and get more G-Wagons. Cheers

FYI - On Feb. 1  US Army ordered 10 new CH-47F's  will be delivered by 2012.  The Brits are to deploy modified Seakings  to the sandbox  they are being fitted with new Carson blades to both main & tail rotor which in hot & high conditions give them 2000 lbs more lift & 49 km more speed. Cheers

FYI  Just about all Canadian cities have Muslim schools , the difference is that they are privately funded and not lining up at the public tit. Seems that they put their money where their beliefs are. Cheers

FYI  The Number of watertight bulkheads and hose stations has nothing to do with with a ship being built to mercantile standards as the designer of either ship can put into the design as many as he wants he just can't put in less. Mercantile ships have to comply with the SOLAS convention(safety...

I know that they maybe different models but i noticed that the PAKS are getting 25 Bell 412's . Why when we got the CH146 didn't we get a better power package , wasn't it touted at the time as being a lot better than the A/C it was replacing.  I realize that DND really didn't want the A/C in...

I believe that a few little used surplus PZ-2000's would be a better option ,a la leo II's. IMHO

A few points to remember here. Under the Halifax Class update request for proposals is the fact that 4 of the class are to be upgraded  to command and control ships. The main reason the Halifax class is not getting a phased array radar is not the cost but the weight of the radar. The class is...

In other words nothing that Canada would ever have a requirement for. Haven't you noticed but FPB's are disappearing from the worlds  fleets and are being replaced with larger more capable vessels. The Cyclone class was crap when they were first built and haven't gotten any better with age. The...

Maybe someone should be looking at this not from a political (which we all agree is garbage) viewpoint but from a purely military viewpoint. How long can the Army realistialy sustain its present commitment. How many, who have already did a tour would readily go back again. How many more Reserves...

I eagerly await to see how Mackay does in the job. For those who don't live in NS and know of his stand on the Atlantic Accord he may not be very popular here and would have difficulty getting re-elected as he is seen by many to be a traitor to his home province. He has more loyalty to the Party...

1. The Coast Guard has more experience in operating in the Arctic in one year than the Navy has in the last 25 years. When the Navy has ventured north it has had to rely on the Coast Guard to keep it refueled. It will take many years for the Navy to develope the Knowhow to operate safetly there...

Then there are greedy provincial Gov"s  who have to get their cut hence the great price disparity between provinces, so much for one country from sea to sea.

Irving Shipyards are no worse and probably better than any other shipyards in the world. The US Navys LPD-17 is more than 840 million over budget and years late. The Navy has had this ship for 2 years and its still not operational with still over 30 major flaws. Set for a trial in March the...

This is an American article, does it really apply to Canada. How much gasoilie is brought into Canada from the US . In my area exactly 0 .  The largest refinery in Canada is the Irving refinery in Saint John NB and it is presently being expanded to double its output. It in fact exports gasoline...

Something else that may be of interest to this site are some quotes from Naval Forces Magazine 1/2007  . The FELEX project is expected to continue through 2017. This includes an upgrade to the UYC-501 SHINPADS Combat data system for Hulls 336-341. Replacement of NATO SEA SPARROW with ESSM missle...

Of Interest ; the Corner Brook has been on exercises in Northern European waters for the last several months including the difficult waters around Norway and taking part in a major NATO exercise playing for both the Blue & Red side at different times . She is not due back in Canada till July.

Churchill I thought was in Manitoba.  I wouldn't exactly call Manitoba the Arctic although the winter tempatures mayseem like it. Cheers

Weather Mil Spec or other  ex Dragoon have you ever heard of HMCS Kootenay . Well for your info this was a fully mil spec warship.  She had an explosion and fire with loss of life and severe injuries and the vessel at one point was in fear of being lost. After this incident an investigation...

Disagree !!!  EXOCET has a solid propellant engine not liquid.  Missile hit Sheffield on 2 deck 8 ft above waterline destroying ships electric generating systems and fracturing the ships firemain preventing anti-fire mechanisms from operating dooming the ship to be consumed by the raging fire...

It would seem that a great many people have short memories. Let me see , the last Conservative government under Mr.Mulroney won a election with the biggest landslide in Canadian history and despite all this a few years later "Lying Brian's" scandal ridden gov. was tossed out in an election that...