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Speed: 10 Knots in water and 25 mph on land.
Range: 60 Miles
TOS: 10 hours
Diving Depth: 15 feet
Max Altitude During Attack Mode: 8-10 feet.
Take comfort. We have some highly trained bilingual Ursus Maritimus [polar bears] on the job as we speak. The morale of the bears is said to have improved with the increase in the allotment of fresh fish- aka [MRE-PB] Funding has just been approved for the 100 million dollar clothe the bear project which will afford the bears better camouflage as they sneak up on intruders. There is reportedly a special combat bra to accommodate the female units 2 sets of nipples. All three squadrons of the bears are reportedly very pleased with the latest Sharp program- he tasted very good for a vegetarian. Apparently, the PAFFO bear will be belching out a statement to that effect later today.
Attached is one of the patrol units saluting!!
Range: 60 Miles
TOS: 10 hours
Diving Depth: 15 feet
Max Altitude During Attack Mode: 8-10 feet.
Take comfort. We have some highly trained bilingual Ursus Maritimus [polar bears] on the job as we speak. The morale of the bears is said to have improved with the increase in the allotment of fresh fish- aka [MRE-PB] Funding has just been approved for the 100 million dollar clothe the bear project which will afford the bears better camouflage as they sneak up on intruders. There is reportedly a special combat bra to accommodate the female units 2 sets of nipples. All three squadrons of the bears are reportedly very pleased with the latest Sharp program- he tasted very good for a vegetarian. Apparently, the PAFFO bear will be belching out a statement to that effect later today.
Attached is one of the patrol units saluting!!
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Umm Whiskey, shouldn't those ranges and other specs be in metric?
I mean otherwise people may think this is a US weapon system deployed on our soil. Last time I checked we did not sign on to the BPBDS ( Ballistic Polar Bear Defense System) ;D
I mean otherwise people may think this is a US weapon system deployed on our soil. Last time I checked we did not sign on to the BPBDS ( Ballistic Polar Bear Defense System) ;D
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Some good humour here!!
On a serious note, we do need to actively patrol our coastal waters to the North. As it stands now, there are a few months of the year where merchant vessels are transiting through the Arctic areas to save money in shipping items from Europe to Asia. As Global Warming continues, this passage will probably be available for longer periods and be used more often.
Either using Patrol Aircraft, Ships or Radar would be a step in the right direction. I do remember that there was an news footage prior to Christmas that has a new invention (created by either Defence Research Halifax or BIO) that sat on the bottom of the ocean and when it heard a ship go by, it surfaced, got a GPS Fix and radioed in the contact before submersing again. Maybe that might be a good use for this item?
Anyways, this day and age we should be ensuring that all of our borders have some sort of identification and prevention measure available.
On a serious note, we do need to actively patrol our coastal waters to the North. As it stands now, there are a few months of the year where merchant vessels are transiting through the Arctic areas to save money in shipping items from Europe to Asia. As Global Warming continues, this passage will probably be available for longer periods and be used more often.
Either using Patrol Aircraft, Ships or Radar would be a step in the right direction. I do remember that there was an news footage prior to Christmas that has a new invention (created by either Defence Research Halifax or BIO) that sat on the bottom of the ocean and when it heard a ship go by, it surfaced, got a GPS Fix and radioed in the contact before submersing again. Maybe that might be a good use for this item?
Anyways, this day and age we should be ensuring that all of our borders have some sort of identification and prevention measure available.
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 confined to bulk carriers picking up ore from mines that operate year round and stockpile their ore that is shipped out during the short summer shipping season and even then they require Coast Guard icebreaker assistance. The other shipping into the Arctic is the summer resupply ships to artic communities and this is run from B.C. for the western arctic & the east coast for the eastern arctic and they very seldom if ever make a transit. Global warming may change all that in future but as of yet ice conditions make full transits too dangerous. Some years ago the US Coast Guards most powerfull icebreaker at the time damaged her propellors in ice and had to be assisted by a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker to get out. When the fall comes all shipping leaves the arctic to the US,UK & Russian nukes, the Aurora's and recco satellites.
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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 shipyard for seven months and 10,000 tons of steel were added to the vessel. She was given a special icebreaker bow, the hull was reinforced especially along the waterline, new propellers and strenthened ruddrers added . She departed Delaware Aug 1969 for Halifax and headed for Alaska via the NW passage accompanyied by CCGS John A. Macdonald she carried only 60,000 tons of water to simulate oil. She made it to Alaska and returned but required assistance of both U.S. & Canadian icebreakers.This trip was strictly an experiment and led to the conclusion that any tanker built for the job would have to be twice the size and have quadruple the horsepower to be sucessful, in any case the oil co.'s decided it was easier to build a pipeline across Alasks to the Pacific. As for the SS Manhattan it spent most of the rest of its days hauling grain and never went near the Arctic again and later ran aground in a storm and was scrapped still sporting it's strange icebreaker bow.
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