We have a subfolder for the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy, but what about the other guys? If you see something of interest, put it all in here. To kick it off, I'll start with an article from The National Post:
Navy sees new fleet costing over $20BFor the rest of the story, go to http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=04da0245-96f5-4dfe-ae50-181c71d8812e&k=0
Comment: Looks like somebody in Canada is getting smart about how things need to be done if the country wants to maintain the assets it needs and replace what's getting long in the tooth. The trick is going to be to convince the government of that.
Navy sees new fleet costing over $20B
quote:
David Pugliese, CanWest News Service
Published: Thursday, March 29, 2007
OTTAWA – Faced with its key command and control warships being out of commission within eight years, the navy hopes to start work soon on a replacement fleet expected to cost more than $20-billion.
The new ships would replace both the navy's 34-year-old Iroquois-class destroyers and its Halifax-class frigates, essentially the main vessels of the service. The first of the new ships would come on line around 2020, but since it takes 10 to 15 years for the government approvals and the actual design and construction of warships, the navy is hoping to start ramping up the process later this year.
The navy has yet to convince the government and the military leadership that such a program should proceed – but without the new vessels, Canada would be faced with a dwindling number of ageing warships and limited in participating in both international and domestic missions.
Comment: Looks like somebody in Canada is getting smart about how things need to be done if the country wants to maintain the assets it needs and replace what's getting long in the tooth. The trick is going to be to convince the government of that.