Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Canada's defence : Doesn't anyone care? Message-ID: <5901@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 13:15:13 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.5901 Posted: Thu Aug 22 13:15:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Aug-85 13:15:13 EDT References: <833@utcs.UUCP> <835@utcs.UUCP>, <1226@ubc-cs.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 11 > The acquisition of these new aircraft has hardly turned our air force into > a lean mean fighting machine. We purchased 18 Auroras (P-3 Orions) ... It's not too surprising that the west coast gets skimped on as far as aircraft goes. We bought 18 Auroras, after the CAF had firmly stated that 22 was the absolute bare minimum needed to meet our obligations. We're buying 120-odd CF-18s, as compared to a bare-minimum-requirement of 150 quoted a few years ago. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry