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At the rate the Canadian Government actually gives out shipbuilding contracts rather than talking about them, i think our shipbuilders are more worried about closing for lack of work than being swamped by too much work. Remember it wasn't all that long ago that just 2 yards were...

Hey INCH not to change the subject but any word yet on just what systems are intended to be fitted on Clyclone. STONEY

Everyone may as well save their breath  3rd horseman will never change his mind never mind that just about every country that had troops deployed in the balkans carried out an investigation due to hysteria about DU & not ONE found any medical concerns. Maybe he was in Gagetown for a day and...

I noticed today that there is a report in the paper about people from across Canada from both metro area's and wilderness area's  had there blood & urine tested and they all had tested positive for cancer causing comtaminates. It appears everyone is in the same boat.   A few years ago i watched...

My 2 cents on the Halifax airshow. 1. The Defence Equipment part of the show has now split off from the airshow. It is now held during 2 days prior to airshow at another location and is not, repeat not, open to the public. This used to be open to public at the former Shearwater airshow and...

I just returned from an extended road trip of several months so i was unaware of the controversy about the CWM so i viewed the place without any pre-conceived notions.  During my travels i visited 8 different military museums including over seven hours at the CWM.  I am passing on my 2 cents of...

Not to mention another 20, 000 hairybags. You know you shouldn't smoke crack . My wildest dreams indeed.. Toodles.

The Tanker SS Manhattan was for a short time the largest vessel in the u.s. Merchant service , she was chartered by  several oil companys to take part in a special experiment. The oil companys wanted to see if oil couls be shipped by tanker from Alaska's north slope oil fields. She was put in a...

Merchant vessels do not transit from Europe to Asia via the N/W passage this feat has only been accomplished by a handfull of vessels , mostly adventurer's or special expeditions , other than that most transits are done by Coast Guard icebreakers on science missions. Merchant shipping is...

It would appear that the Army is transforming. Gee isn't it great that NDHQ planners can think (don't you love these terms) outside the box. Get rid of the guns, get rid of the armour , what's next ?  After all why would an army want things like air defence, artillary support or armoured support...

The Coast Guard is already an amalgamation of several other government fleets. The Dept. of Transport ice breaking fleet, Marine Aids to Navigation fleet,Search &Rescue cutter fleet,  RCMP marine division fleet, Canadian Hydrographic Service fleet, Dept. of Fisheries research fleet and dept. of...

Good newspapers have editorials from various opinions left, right and centre + special interest groups. Bad newspapers have only one view and are found mostly in dictatorships or one party states. The Comical Herald will be glad to receive all your letters & e-mails because it tells them their...

There are a couple of points i thought i'd throw in not that i'm advocating either of them. 1. Why was the A400 designed in the first place. It seems European countries couldn't afford the C17 which they all wanted. The C130J couldn't lift enough, far enough or fast enough to meet their...

The press releases made by the GOV. after the budget were just political grandstanding by politicians wanting to be re-elected and really don't stand up under scrutiny of the whole document and reading between the lines. The press releases talk only about the positive and don't mention the...

One would think that if Norway, Spain, Japan, Korea & Australia can aquire Aegis that Canada wouldn't have any problem being able to get it also. Weather our beloved Gov. thinks we could afford it, is another question.  Methinks a vessel like the German f124 AAW frigate would more suit our...

I thought i'd throw a couple more points into the discussion. Transport Canada flys pollution patrols in a specially configured Dash 8 out of Moncton & StJohn's on the east coast on 6 !/2 missions . There is only 1 of them and it rotates across Canada spending a few days patroling in turn the...

Hey INCH no need to get your shorts in a knot i didn't mean to get you so excited. I think you misunderstood the whole point of my post.  Re the EH101 i was simply making the comparison that Canada bought 15 for the very important job of SAR while the US are buying 23 for VIP transport and it...

One point i'd like to make is that sometimes  (the Military) are their own worst enemy. Its been said here that our leaders duty is to advise thair political masters what the Forces require. Now i've been around for a few dog & pony shows for touring MP's & VIP's and found myself biting my...

Hmmm so to sum all this up. IL-76 can be purchased new at 50 mil a copy with western P&W engines & western avionics. The Brits bought C-130J's but only as an interim measure until A400M becomes available because their Hercs were almost as clapped out as ours and they couldn't wait, while it...

I see where the US have picked the EH101 to to replace the Presidents flight . Imagine getting 23 helo' s just to fly one man around. This buy suprised all the pundits since it is very rare the US military buys foreign kit especially such a visible item and in competition with Sikorsky's VH-92. ...