The next two are of the USS Mesa Verde ...
As for choppers on such a ship, Canada has chosen to go with the Sikorsky H92 (CH-148 Cyclone) ...
Posted on 10/17/2005 6:06:07 PM PDT by NorthOf45
Canadian Military Ping
Anyone know the % speed increase in a bulb bow vs. a V bow?
The real question is why they even bother, they gave up having a real military long ago.
Maybe they're planning a move against Denmark...
I have another question ... if you have nothing worth posting, why bother? </rhetorical>
Do the Canadians have armed forces in sufficient numbers to warrant two of these?
And if both were at sea at the same time, might Vermont get ideas to seek a little lebensraum?
Thanks, but no thanks. : )
Just trying to help...might be more practical than the bigger ships if you guys want to invade Chicago via Lake Michigan.
Sorry, I'll sing 4 verses of O Canada for penance.
Anyway, does Canada plan on having an Armed Force or two sometime soon.
Geez, I hope so ... Denmark is making me nervous.
Actually is doesn't increase speed so much as it reduces resistance as the ship cuts through waves. Reducing resistance means that the ship requires less horsepower for the same speed and that increases fuel efficiency. It also decreases pitch which is helpful when conducting flight ops.
They need something like another few copies of the "Maid of the Mist" if they ever hope of taking the American Falls.
Canada has a navy? Who knew?
I was about to make my own slam about the lack of Canadian commitment for overseas operations-- but I just got done with an online chat with a Canadian chopper pilot just back from Afghanistan. I don't want to malign the men and womand of the Canadian Forces just because the Canadian voters keep the Liberal Party scum in office.
But I find myself asking the same question that I ask about the Bundeswehr. Just who are they expecting to fight?
Most NATO forces in Afghanistan are doing purely defensive peacekeeping work. Most of them don't go up into the yamas looking to send the jihadists to meet Allah. So after Afghanistan is more pacified-- just who do the NATO powers figure on fighting?
Check out the specs on all of the world's carriers and Amphibious Assault ships at my new site dedicated to that purpose. The San Antonios are included there.
But is is pretty much a joke now, with the punchline being the 4 submarines that they bought used.
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