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To: sukhoi-30mki

Hey, the Canadian Navy has a (one) destroyer and she is standing down next year. It’s available.


11 posted on 09/16/2016 2:23:09 PM PDT by llevrok (Lies are born the moment someone thinks the truth is dangerous.)
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To: llevrok

Hey, the Canadian Navy has a (one) destroyer and she is standing down next year. It’s available.
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That’s because for years Canada has depended on US taxpayers’ dollars to provide defense for North America, via the USN and the USAF. Canada then uses the money saved to advance the progressive/liberal agenda. ...jmo


15 posted on 09/16/2016 8:23:04 PM PDT by octex
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To: llevrok
Actually HMCS Athabaskan is only technically in service.

It was declared unseaworthy (except in the most desperate national emergency)and its missiles removed a year ago

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/sm2-missiles-removed-from-hmcs-athabaskan-navy-looking-at-keeping-launchers-for-possible-use-on-canadian-surface-combatant

HMCS Huron was decommissioned and later sunk in 2007 during live fire training exercises. The other two destroyers, HMCS Algonquin and HMCS Iroquois, were decommissioned and are awaiting disposal. HMCS Athabaskan is still operating. “The SM2 missiles were declared surplus and have been removed from all ships, including HMCS Athabaskan,” added Koronewski. “They are currently in storage pending disposition.”

(There's a reason the National Anthem is "Ow, Canada")
16 posted on 09/16/2016 8:44:51 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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