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10-25-2005, 23:21 PM
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Still don't get why the things were bought in the first place... actually I do just saying...
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BOMBADIER needed bailing out.
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10-26-2005, 00:19 AM
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Don't even get me started on arming up the Bell-412s... the Philippines arming a UH-1H with machine guns and rockets to provide aerial support for government forces is a good way to make use of limited resources... for some reason it looks like skimping from Canada... and at worse negligence...
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10-26-2005, 00:29 AM
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... and at worse negligence...
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You're under-estimating the pork barrelling involved. The CF was ordered to buy helos (amongst other things) that has no real military value at inflated prices just to keep a Quebec company afloat. |
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10-26-2005, 12:13 PM
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Ok I understand you sir...
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10-26-2005, 17:50 PM
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You're under-estimating the pork barrelling involved. The CF was ordered to buy helos (amongst other things) that has no real military value at inflated prices just to keep a Quebec company afloat.
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Wasn't the iltis license built by bombardier? |
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10-26-2005, 22:31 PM
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Wasn't the iltis license built by bombardier?
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Yes and the fact that they screwed up such a simple design tells you the pork barrelling that was/is going on. |
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