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2005-11-25 Great White North

Canada's CC-130s to Fail In 3 Years -- $4B for Replacements

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Posted by Pappy 2005-11-25 00:15|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Time to subsidize the Canadian armed forces? I wish there was some way to get them about 20 C-17s. Unlikely. I also wish that there was some way to get the USAF about 120 more C-17s, even less likely.

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-25 07:59|| 2005-11-25 07:59|| Front Page Top

#2 There's panic in the zoomies lounge as the B/C-17s are starting to make advances towards Iraq. Nothing like hovering with a high flying transport and pushing JDAMs out the back. Don't need any top guns flying CAP anymore. Just some jokers who'd otherwise be flying rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong, opening the back door and having the Loadmaster kick another gift out to Hadji.

Posted by Jinetle Clamp2837 2005-11-25 08:17|| 2005-11-25 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 We have plenty of older C-130s in the boneyards in Arizona and New Mexico. The Canadians can have 'em, cash and fly away. No warranty, caveat emptor, etc.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-11-25 14:17|| 2005-11-25 14:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Doc Ima think there're no flyable C-130s in the boneyard. They're gold. Maybe wings, the odd fitting, but C-130s are like liquid.

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-25 15:08|| 2005-11-25 15:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Now there might soon be a special on these babies...

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-25 15:20|| 2005-11-25 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Based upon the Canadian MoD's experience with procuring recycled subs I'd shutter to think of piloting a recycled aircraft. Shhhsh...at least when the sub goes tango uniform you can surface. Surfacing an aircraft creates a new set of problems.

Posted by Hupaviter Glerert9495 2005-11-25 16:35|| 2005-11-25 16:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, blowing the tanks ona C-141 is a tricky piece of business.

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-25 16:57|| 2005-11-25 16:57|| Front Page Top

#8 "at least when the sub goes tango uniform you can surface"

Not so fast, there, HG, lol.

Posted by .com 2005-11-25 16:59|| 2005-11-25 16:59|| Front Page Top

#9 When a sub goes TU you HOPE you can surface. My dad spent four war patrols in a sub during WWII and got depth charged in the East China Sea. Scary, that.

Ship, can you please translate #4 into English?

Posted by mom">mom 2005-11-25 18:23|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-11-25 18:23|| Front Page Top

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