[Newsbot]

Title: Canada to rely on NATO partners to protect new transport helicopters.
Category: Military
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2008-08-17 12:19:19
Canadian

[meaden24]

with a modern ground force and big transport helicopters I'd say it's long overdue for Canada to own it's own fleet of attack choppers.

[bootlegga]

I've long advocated attack helos. IMHO, they would be more useful than MBTs in Afghanistan.

[saturn_656]

To the Canadian government: Just deploy the damn escort helos and stop making us look like a bunch of useless tools.

[commanderkai]

Can we get some Apaches? I know those probably aren't the best escort helicopters...but they are very very sleek. Too bad the Americans postponed the Commache design

[meaden24]

the RAH-66 Comanche project was actually scrapped for monetary reasons, costs more to make it than to just upgrade existing attack helos. If Canada did get some they would most likely be either AH-1Z Super Cobras or AH-64 Apaches but I would be surprised if we announced an attack helicopter contract unforutnately even though it's something we sorely need for ground forces in the 21st centuary.

[commanderkai]

meaden24 meaden24:

the RAH-66 Comanche project was actually scrapped for monetary reasons, costs more to make it than to just upgrade existing attack helos. If Canada did get some they would most likely be either AH-1Z Super Cobras or AH-64 Apaches but I would be surprised if we announced an attack helicopter contract unforutnately even though it's something we sorely need for ground forces in the 21st centuary.

I thought it was just mothballed, not completely scrapped...that's too bad, because they truly looked like effective helicopters. I'm sure in 30-40 years they will be the next gen attack helicopter.