"O'Connor has $8B military 'wish list"
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I much prefer the Libs declaring that purchases should be based on "military priorities', rather than "politics", then shilling shamelessly for Bombardier. There was a great line in one of the newspapers on how tossing a bone to Bombardier scores votes "Why save lives when you can save a riding?". I'd imagine most of the Liberal concern is the inability to loot the acquisition budget in this round of spending.
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Quagmire said:
The have fixed some of the most glaring errors in the article. I'm guessing you weren't the only one to email them in.
IMO this is one of the least biased pieces I've read. One in the National Post "O'Connor to make U.S. lobbyists rich" was much worse.
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Well if that's one of the least biased I'd hate to see the most.
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*head explodes*
Mortar guy
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That article reads as if it were written by a junior high school student. In depth my arse! Try counting the number of factual errors in that piece and I'm sure you'll have to take off your shoes as I did.
Being a journalist, editor or columnist has to be the best job in the world. You can produce an incredibly shoddy product, rife with errors and poorly written to boot, and you still take home a paycheque. Thank God most professions hold themselves to higher standards.
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Being a journalist, editor or columnist has to be the best job in the world. You can produce an incredibly shoddy product, rife with errors and poorly written to boot, and you still take home a paycheque. Thank God most professions hold themselves to higher standards.
MG
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Its odd. A Cpl can effect change as reference to that article. Very cool.
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maybe they should also correct their mention that the C-130 J has 6 propellers...up from 4
The C-130 has FOUR propellers....and they are SIX-bladed....
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The C-130 has FOUR propellers....and they are SIX-bladed....
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aesop081 to be honest I couldn't past the initial bias and blatant errors so early on in the piece.
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Did you email them about it aesop081? It actually might make a difference.
It seems like their main (only) reference source is CASR. I used to like CASR but their now constant love affair with Russian equipment has become very annoying. Before I thought they were just bring it up to just to bring ideas to the table. But now they're pushing it so hard now its sickening.
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It seems like their main (only) reference source is CASR. I used to like CASR but their now constant love affair with Russian equipment has become very annoying. Before I thought they were just bring it up to just to bring ideas to the table. But now they're pushing it so hard now its sickening.
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Carbon it does make a difference as I emailed them with proof and then today I checked and the article was amended.
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Quagmire said:
Article is now gone.....at least its not in the news list anymnore........
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I think its in the same place:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/procurement.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/procurement.html
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2B's lonely vigil by the flightline has again gone unrewarded. I'm starting to feel like Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Maybe next year...
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maybe this is the answer.....
It appears that DND is now considering attack helis....is it possible the 4+ billion is for 15 Chinooks PLUS a few AH?
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The prime minister is expected to be in Edmonton on Wednesday, where requirements for 15 new tactical helicopters, possibly Chinooks, will be released.
The $4.6 billion purchase would give Canadian troops, primarily in Afghanistan, the ability to move around the battlefield. More importantly, it would allow them to be resupplied from the air, instead of the ground where convoys face the deadly prospect of roadside bombs.
But the question in military circles is how those unarmed transport helicopters will be protected in combat zones, such as Afghanistan, where aircraft face the threat of rocket propelled grenade attacks from insurgents on the ground.
The air force will eventually need to either arm existing rotary aircraft or purchase attack helicopter, a senior military officer said in a background briefing.
"It's a capability we're going to have to address," said the high-ranking officer in Afghanistan, who asked not to be identified.
"On landing the (transport) choppers can be fired on with (rocket propelled grenades for example."
Canadians troops currently hitch rides on helicopters belonging to other coalition countries and those aircraft rarely leave Kandahar without an attack helicopter escort, usually U.S. Apache gunships.
One stop-gap measure being considered by military planners is to arm a handful of existing army utility helicopters until bona fide attack helicopters can be purchased.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060626/defence_spending_060626/20060626?hub=TopStories
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The prime minister is expected to be in Edmonton on Wednesday, where requirements for 15 new tactical helicopters, possibly Chinooks, will be released.
The $4.6 billion purchase would give Canadian troops, primarily in Afghanistan, the ability to move around the battlefield. More importantly, it would allow them to be resupplied from the air, instead of the ground where convoys face the deadly prospect of roadside bombs.
But the question in military circles is how those unarmed transport helicopters will be protected in combat zones, such as Afghanistan, where aircraft face the threat of rocket propelled grenade attacks from insurgents on the ground.
The air force will eventually need to either arm existing rotary aircraft or purchase attack helicopter, a senior military officer said in a background briefing.
"It's a capability we're going to have to address," said the high-ranking officer in Afghanistan, who asked not to be identified.
"On landing the (transport) choppers can be fired on with (rocket propelled grenades for example."
Canadians troops currently hitch rides on helicopters belonging to other coalition countries and those aircraft rarely leave Kandahar without an attack helicopter escort, usually U.S. Apache gunships.
One stop-gap measure being considered by military planners is to arm a handful of existing army utility helicopters until bona fide attack helicopters can be purchased.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060626/defence_spending_060626/20060626?hub=TopStories
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