Plan for supply ships comes up short

Military | 206788 hits | May 19 11:27 am | Posted by: Hyack

The Canadian navy's $2.9-billion project to replace its aging supply ships has run aground, with defence and industry officials concluding that the vessels can't be bought with the amount of money the Conservative government is providing.

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by bootlegga
Mon May 19, 2008 10:58 pm
This is just sad. To maintain our blue water capabilities, we NEED these ships. MacKay needs to convince Harper of that and soon, or we are going to spend a decade without replacements. It's bad enough that we won't have new DDHs for at least a decade, but this will vastly diminish our naval capabilities.
by travior
Mon May 19, 2008 11:06 pm
It is very sad that the government is not putting defence at a higher priority. Vessels will not last indefinitely and with the pressure that Russia is placing on Arctic soverinty I would think that boosting the military's capabilities would be top on the list.
by saturn_656
Tue May 20, 2008 10:28 am
The CPC are more serious about defence than any other party in the arena, but that still isn't good enough.

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