Donster Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- Canadians will be able to sleep better tonight, knowing that the four billion dollar tetron missile defense shield is now operational. The new system, capable of deflecting ballistic missiles, was quietly deployed over the weekend, while the world was busy watching the new Survivor series. The Pacific missile shield generator is responsible for protecting Western Canada from ballistic missiles. The hydro-powered energy shield is capable of resisting airborn missile attacks from the Russians, Chinese, Americans, and other rogue nations such as the North Koreans, and quite possibly the Samoans. Enemy projectiles will simply be absorbed by the shield system, or will bounce off and land in neighbouring American border states. When the military project was finally revealed, it suddenly became clear to the world why Canada refused to join the United States in its efforts to build a missile defense shield. As it turns out, Ottawa deliberately lied to the Americans, stating that it would not join their contentious ballistic missile shield program because of cattle restrictions, timber issues, and a hefty cheese tariff. Others thought Canada refused to step under the American missile shield umbrella, because they didn't wish to be beholden to the Americans, or be holdin' there hands went things went bad. Canada is hardly considered a military threat, and usually stays under the radar. But a military association with the United States could have changed the world's perception about Canada and damaged international policies.l Where did the money for this project come from? Since Canada would not approve any additional funding for a viable military force, the accumulated monies from lottery taxes, hunting permits, user fees, and government hockey fund-raisers were used to develop and build the series of national defense installations, capable to protecting the country from enemy air assaults. Canadian scientists, who normally used their modest resources to calculate complex hockey pool data, took advantage of the free time to develop the energy shield in their spare time. They also claim to have invented fuel-efficient missiles that run on canola oil. The Canadian Prime Minister has often been criticized for his policies concerning war and the military, but this missile shield is a move that should please his constituents. However, the move could harm the already thorny relations with Washington and lead to a potential arms race. The new missile shield is already getting feedback as being a sound investment in Canada's new national security strategy. But what if an enemy force simply decided to invade Canada? "Ummm...we're not really prepared for that contingency," said the Canadian Minister of Defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 The trouble is Donster that the bunch out in BC will probably believe this is true. Then they'll start protesting about the possible deaths of innocent civilians in Oregon and Alaska if missles from Samoa bounce off the shield and land there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Poop. It'll end up going the way of the Avro Arrow. Then our engineers and scientists will end up states-side, probably at NASA, and next thing you know the Yanks will be crowing about being the 1st to set foot on Mars. Deja vous all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Honestly, the Arrow was a bit ahead of its time and had so much potential. From what I understand, cost was cited as the killer of the program. RCAF had also made some decisions about avionics and weapons that further drove up the cost and delayed development as well. What a shame, Canada was on the verge of having the world's premier supersonic interceptor. In the end, such aircraft have proved to be of little value other than as a deterent, but who could have known during the Cold War? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Honestly, the Arrow was a bit ahead of its time and had so much potential. From what I understand, cost was cited as the killer of the program. RCAF had also made some decisions about avionics and weapons that further drove up the cost and delayed development as well. What a shame, Canada was on the verge of having the world's premier supersonic interceptor. In the end, such aircraft have proved to be of little value other than as a deterent, but who could have known during the Cold War? BBBWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Cost being a factor.......................NOT!!! It went alot deeper than the price tag. One has to look at the Gov't in power at the time and the fact the U.S. wasn't to happy with it either. I will stop the rant before I start on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Canuck is right.....the Arrow was ahead of every other plane on the planet. It was killed by politics...not cost. Same thing with HMCS Bras D'or, the fastest warship on the planet. Killed off by politics. Ever since then our military has been systematically gutted by one gov't after another. oops ...sorry... I said the word politics ....I'll stop now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted March 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 ARCHIE SAID A BAD WORD! ARCHIE SAID A BAD WORD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 I can imagine the U.S. might have been a little upset that our neighbor to the north was building better weapons than us. Heck, we were supposed to be supplying the latest and greatest in military hardware! Of course, we ended up buying a British design when we needed a V/STOL fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Shoulda known mentiioning the Arrow would start something. But yep, costs had little to do with it. Hint: We lost the Arrow and got the Bomarc. The worst of it, is when Avro team disbanded. http://www.exn.ca/apollo/Canada/ I still remember the little skit (Canadian Air Farce??) where Armstrong set foot on the moon and uttered "One small step for man, One large step for mankind" and then a hockey puck ricochets off his helmut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Take a look at the ARROW's spec's and size comparison........... ARROW SPEC'S and the comparison to the MIG 25 FOXBAT............. ARROW vs. FOXBAT Cost................HPMH.............Canada could have sold this puppy World wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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