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Canada to rely on NATO partners to protect new transport helicopters.


Military | 206725 hits | Aug 17 12:19 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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OTTAWA - Canada's NATO partners are being asked to ride shotgun on rented Russian-built transport helicopters and newly purchased Chinooks once the air force takes possession of them in Afghanistan

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  1. by avatar meaden24
    Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:02 pm
    with a modern ground force and big transport helicopters I'd say it's long overdue for Canada to own it's own fleet of attack choppers.

  2. by avatar bootlegga
    Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:26 pm
    I've long advocated attack helos. IMHO, they would be more useful than MBTs in Afghanistan.

  3. by avatar saturn_656
    Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:11 am
    To the Canadian government: Just deploy the damn escort helos and stop making us look like a bunch of useless tools.

  4. by avatar commanderkai
    Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:17 am
    Can we get some Apaches? I know those probably aren't the best escort helicopters...but they are very very sleek. Too bad the Americans postponed the Commache design

  5. by avatar meaden24
    Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:26 am
    the RAH-66 Comanche project was actually scrapped for monetary reasons, costs more to make it than to just upgrade existing attack helos. If Canada did get some they would most likely be either AH-1Z Super Cobras or AH-64 Apaches but I would be surprised if we announced an attack helicopter contract unforutnately even though it's something we sorely need for ground forces in the 21st centuary.

  6. by avatar commanderkai
    Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:29 am
    "meaden24" said
    the RAH-66 Comanche project was actually scrapped for monetary reasons, costs more to make it than to just upgrade existing attack helos. If Canada did get some they would most likely be either AH-1Z Super Cobras or AH-64 Apaches but I would be surprised if we announced an attack helicopter contract unforutnately even though it's something we sorely need for ground forces in the 21st centuary.


    I thought it was just mothballed, not completely scrapped...that's too bad, because they truly looked like effective helicopters. I'm sure in 30-40 years they will be the next gen attack helicopter.



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