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Have you read, Red Rabbit? It's the prequel to Patriot Games and Red October.

Hmmmmmm......Are you saying that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, Dr Keith Martin (Member of Parliament for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca), the very same MP that defected from the Conservative party to the Liberals, and during the election campaign, campaigned on...

Does the SM-3/6 require a strike length mk 41 cell ?

Raytheon lists the SM-2 as having a range of ~80 km.....

[Cheap Plug] I remember reading somewhere, that a single Burke class destroyer is more capable then a Patriot Battalion....[/Cheap Plug]  ;)

I apologise, LAMPS is the "all encompassing system" in which the Data link is a part of.  :blotto: To rephrase my question, will our new data link allow for greater intergration with the USN's ships and Seahawks?

The data link used within the USN

Will this be similar to LAMPS?

I don't think handling the North Atlantic is a requirement, with that said, the ex-Aussie ferry the USN has, deployed and supported a SEAL team during the Iraq war. I'm not sure on the fuel efficiency.......I seem to recall that being one of issues with the BC ferry fast cats.

Red China is increasing the size and scope of their blue water navy. Who's to say that with their ever growing nationalism and economic size, in the coming decades we won't face a new cold war....... A bamboo curtain if you will. As for the "expeditionary" concepts being "floated" (pun...

The INCAT ferries are being looked at for transport at a inter-theater, not strategic level. On the plus side they are fast........ On the down side, they have a limited payload..... IMHO, we need to worry about the strategic level first.

Aside from an aircraft carrier, I tend to think that many of those needs could be solved with about 4-6 of these: http://peos.crane.navy.mil/ddg51/default.htm All we need is about 4-6 billion dollars  :- I tend to agree, with (relatively) small investment of a few billion dollars, we could...

I think the US military sealift command looked at that in the early 80s and decided that in most senarios a conventional Ro/Ro (with mexe-float like barges) would do (In most cases, it's easier to load and unload). With that said, I think they operate a couple barge carriers for outsized cargos.

Kirkhill, here's an option that might intrest you (intrested me): http://peos.crane.navy.mil/futureships/MPF(F)/MPF.htm IMHO, a hybrid RO/RO such as this, could be within the CF's reach based on only a slight increase in the current budget. Here's a link to the Wasp's website which might...

First off, Well said Kirkhill. Remember though, steel is cheap and air is free......The costs of a modern warship is better reflected by what you "put in it" then the dimensions and volume.

I would agree with you if we didn't want to partake in expeditionary opps. Smaller hulls means less volume, less volume equals less fuel/food/beer/Ammo/spares etc. Also, "what if" in this task group (of smaller ships) the one(s) carrying the ASW package were sunk, or even suffered a mechanical...

Just thinking aloud, but I wonder how much it would cost to purchase, refuel and "Canadianize" four, first flight 688s? Though the youngest of the first flight were commissioned in the early to mid 80s (IIRC 83-85) and are now approaching twenty plus years of age (of a projected 30 year...

Care to elaborate? Read designed. Also, how can it be the "21st century Hercules", when it hasn't been proven(unlike the Herc) yet? You say affordable, but what if we purchase it, then major design flaws are later found and we are stuck with it? I'd think it to be more prudent to purchase an...

That depends on the version.....the B and C both have probes.

Thats the truth!!!  I bleed Tory Blue, but I'm still waiting for the twelve nuke boats promised in the '87 white paper.........