Sea King replacement

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Those are two completely different stories.

The submarines are reasonable good submarines with a good useful life ahead. Some problems due to a few years of inactivity that can be solved as long as they keep working with them.

The helicopters are in the very end of their useful life. I would even say they are almost dead...

Norway recently bought 14 NH-90 (plus 10 options) and selected a specialized version of ITT Industries’ AN/ALQ-211 Suite of Integrated RF Countermeasures (SIRFC) which includes an Electronic Support Measures (ESM) capability along with some other very sophisticated stuff...

Do you know if they are British built Sea Kings ? If so, those Sea Kings may still be good for some heli-logging in BC provided they will be sold by the pound... (or the Kilo)
The Lynx's may be good for drill moving in the prairies but the cost of spare parts must be a nightmare... unless they also have lots of them, also sold by the pound...
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
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NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
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NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
[color=" black"][/color]
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NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
[color=" black"][/color]
[COLOR= black][/COLOR]
NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
[color=" black"][/color]
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NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
[color=" black"][/color]
[COLOR= black][/COLOR]
NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
[color=" black"][/color]
[COLOR= black][/COLOR]
NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
[color=" black"][/color]
[COLOR= black][/COLOR]
NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
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[SIZE= 14pt]Ladder saved lives in Sea King crash[/SIZE]
Exceeded specifications: Steel rungs withstood impact of spinning blade
[color=" black"][/color]
[COLOR= black][/COLOR]
NATIONAL POST[color=" black"][/color]
Wednesday, June 04, 2003[color=" black"][/color]

Mary Vallis and Chris Wattie

The Canadian Navy is refitting its four destroyers with steel ladders after it found lives were likely saved by the $16,000 ladder's ability to withstand the razor-sharp rotor shrapnel that flew across the flight deck during a Sea King crash on HMCS Iroquois.

Full story:
[url="http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=52EE8536-3D27-4CE3-B458-B6EDE47B1F85"]http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/st...58-B6EDE47B1F85[/URL]
 
While I''m really glad that the steel ladders in question proved so unexpectedly beneficial, I pale at the thought of Ottawa managing to spend $16,000 each for them. I suppose platinum would be too soft, and magnesium too expensive - no, wait a minute, ''expensive'' - what''s that? Brings to mind things like ashtrays, doesn''t it?
 
While I''m really glad that the steel ladders in question proved so unexpectedly beneficial, I pale at the thought of Ottawa managing to spend $16,000 each for them. I suppose platinum would be too soft, and magnesium too expensive - no, wait a minute, ''expensive'' - what''s that? Brings to mind things like ashtrays, doesn''t it?
 
While I''m really glad that the steel ladders in question proved so unexpectedly beneficial, I pale at the thought of Ottawa managing to spend $16,000 each for them. I suppose platinum would be too soft, and magnesium too expensive - no, wait a minute, ''expensive'' - what''s that? Brings to mind things like ashtrays, doesn''t it?
 
While I''m really glad that the steel ladders in question proved so unexpectedly beneficial, I pale at the thought of Ottawa managing to spend $16,000 each for them. I suppose platinum would be too soft, and magnesium too expensive - no, wait a minute, ''expensive'' - what''s that? Brings to mind things like ashtrays, doesn''t it?
 
While I''m really glad that the steel ladders in question proved so unexpectedly beneficial, I pale at the thought of Ottawa managing to spend $16,000 each for them. I suppose platinum would be too soft, and magnesium too expensive - no, wait a minute, ''expensive'' - what''s that? Brings to mind things like ashtrays, doesn''t it?
 
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