Our friend Exile (still in exile in another land) sends another email, but gives up on his disgust-filled news article critique a third of the way through to prevent further mental anguish.
Canadian army plan to upgrade used Dutch tanks snagged by lack of expertise
Unreal. Canada is stooping to buying stuff that the oh so militaristic DUTCH is discarding?
AND Canadians are too inept to repair the junk that the DUTCH throw away?
“An undetermined portion of the contract will likely have to carried out overseas, says a senior defence official.”
Maybe we can import some expertise from Luxembourg?
““Obviously, we’d like to do as much of it in Canada as possible but, of course, we currently don’t have any capability in Canada to do heavy armoured vehicle work, and so there is consultation with industry taking place,” Dan Ross, assistant deputy minister of materiel at National Defence, said in an interview with The Canadian Press.”
You mean that there is no heavy vehicle companies active in, like, Alberta?
“Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor and Public Works Minister Michel Fortier announced in April that the army’s aging Leopard 1 C2 tanks would be replaced at a cost of $650 million.”
In other words, we couldn’t defend ourselves from an invasion by angry Chileans…
“Under the program, Canada would borrow 20 armoured vehicles from the Germans”
Our ancestors are weeping.
“While the government has promised open bidding for both the immediate upgrades and the long-term maintenance contract, it appears there’s only one company, located in Quebec, that might be capable of the job.”
WHY am I NOT surprised.
Screw it. I’m depressed enough already
Exile needs to go to the beach.
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