(When did Canada get the Aurora?)
Posted on 08/08/2008 8:17:36 AM PDT by BGHater
The Canadian military is sending a long-range Aurora aircraft to investigate reports of a mysterious explosion along Canada's Northwest Passage that may have killed several whales.
The drama apparently began in the early-morning hours of July 31, when an Inuit hunting party at an outpost camp at Borden Peninsula on northeastern Baffin Island was alerted to the sound of an explosion, followed by a cloud of black smoke.
An Inuit member of the Canadian Rangers, a military reservist unit stationed in the far North, reported the incident, and said a hunter at the camp saw several dead whales on shore when he went over to investigate.
In a preliminary investigation, DND's Joint Task Force Northern headquarters determined there were no known vessels operating in the area, and it did not know of any activity that could have caused an explosion.
"At this point, we really have very little else to report," says Summer Halliday, a spokeswoman for the Joint Task Force in Yellowknife.
"But we will be sending an Aurora aircraft to do a flyover. The plane is currently up north in the Mackenzie Valley on a routine exercise supporting the RCMP's Operation Nunakput."
Parks Canada will also be on the scene with a boat that's being dispatched from Sirmilik National Park on Bylot Island.
Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, the Aurora is able to detect and destroy the latest generation of stealth submarines.
But its long-range capabilities are what make it so useful to the military. It can fly for 17 hours and cover 9,266 kilometres without refuelling.
The Aurora is frequently used to search out illegal fishing, illegal immigration, drug trafficking and pollution along Canada's three coastlines.
(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...
Does Georgia have any anti-submarine capability? Or did the Russians just push the wrong button (again)?
Perhaps a submarine needed fresh air? I don’t know much about subs. Just a thought. [A seal could set charges for an air hole, I suppose.] Might have needed a chance to launch a missile in a contingency plan. Heck, even the rehearsal of a naval evolution. FRegards ....
Some Cajuns were just doing some fishing.
“Does Georgia have any anti-submarine capability?”
Or ... does Georgia have a nuclear sub?
(When did Canada get the Aurora?)
Russian Subs, count off:
One
Two
Three
....
My thoughts exactly! Dang, them are supposed to be Top Secret.
“Or ... does Georgia have a nuclear sub?”
The real question is ... Does Georgia have any subs?
Someone must have stolen the
bumpersticker I had on a 61 Volvo station wagon I junked about 35 years ago. Sorry. Bad joke.
Old Tiktuk was out whale fishin' again with twenty sticks of dynamite.
Or maybe this was an al Qaeda ice bound IED attack on the eskimos and an unsuspecting convoy of whales got caught up in the fray.
Did they roll 2D20 for discovery? (Ok, time to sit back and see if anyone gets this arcane reference)
Fox Mulder?
“There will be wars and rumors of war ... “
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2008-6/17810.jpg
“Dey useee dem Dupont Lures (half stick of dynamite) fo’ sure”.
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