Canada rejects interim helicopter fix for Afghanistan
Newsbot @ Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:01 am
<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=31405" target="_blank">Canada rejects interim helicopter fix for Afghanistan</a> (click to view)
<strong>Category:</strong> <a href="/news/topic/13-military" target="_blank">Military</a>
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<strong>Date: </strong> 2008-03-18 16:47:52
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Loader @ Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:01 am
Totally wrong machine for what we need. If Sikorsky is trying to curry favour with Canada, maybe they should not have announced a 30 month delay to the H92/CH148 Sea King replacement.
saturn_656 @ Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:54 pm
Somebody must have forgotten to tell Sikorsky that we are looking for HEAVY LIFT HELICOPTERS and not replacements for the Griffon. 
SigPig @ Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:59 pm
Good choice on our part. Would have a been a total waste of money.
Maybe Sikorsky should spend less time offering us choppers we don't need and start sending us the ones we already ordered. (aka the Cyclone)
commanderkai @ Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:23 pm
Hey how much money do we get back for them screwing up delivery? Hell Pizzas we get them for free
-Mario- @ Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:19 am
Maybe... just maybe we could have looked at JTF's needs. Those guys need the best of the best. Canada could have given them one or two temporary bird until the bigger and better are in town.
sasquatch2 @ Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:30 am
Despite the simple fact that our military is always prepared to fight the last war and most lack the ability to predict the nature of the next.
The US Navy was perhaps the quickest on it's feet, when after Pearl Harbour, they placed a priority on building carrier task forces.....there was still an inevitable lag time. IEDs were not anticipated.
The priority must be to get a helo which can carry a 155.
bootlegga @ Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:14 pm
I think it all depends.
If this was a lease, then they made a mistake, simply because we need helos there now, not in three years. Sure, it's not as good as a Chinook, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that our troops have flown around in US Blackhawks in the seven years they've been in Afghanistan.
If it was put forward as a purchase, then they definitely made the right decision, because it would make little sense to create the infrasturcture to service 6 airframes.