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Canadian military testing new $620,000 ‘stealth’ snowmobile
National Post ^
| August 18, 2013
| Andy Blatchford
Posted on 08/19/2013 11:39:38 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
The Canadian military has been secretly test-driving a $620,000 stealth snowmobile in its quest to quietly whisk troops on clandestine operations in the Arctic.
The Canadian Press has learned that soldiers have taken the new hybrid-electric snowmobile prototype on trial runs to evaluate features such as speed, noise level, battery endurance and acceleration.
The Department of National Defence even has a nickname for its cutting-edge, covert tool: “Loki,” after the “mythological Norse shape-shifting god.”
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To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
08/19/2013 11:42:04 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; Cannoneer No. 4; ...
To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.
Canada Ping!
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posted on
08/19/2013 11:42:33 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Squawk 8888
I'd say it's working pretty good.
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posted on
08/19/2013 11:49:57 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: sneakers
LOL! I’ll have to share that with my Canadian in-laws!
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posted on
08/19/2013 11:51:37 AM PDT
by
sneakers
(Obama is an idjit. FUBO)
To: Squawk 8888
From Ski-Doo to See-Nuthin.
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posted on
08/19/2013 11:57:28 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: Squawk 8888
Did they cancel their stealth assault dog sled?
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Did they cancel their stealth assault dog sled?
Yea, they kept taking off and chasing the sno-cats.......
To: Squawk 8888
Obviously the idea came from an unseen episode of the Red Green Show..
Using liberal quantitys of WHite Duct Tape..
Canadien engineers are real smart but they can change if they have too..
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posted on
08/19/2013 12:03:16 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Squawk 8888
I know it's a hybrid, but a battery's biggest enemy is cold.
Sargent Preston of the Yukon used a dogsled and team led by his faithful lead dog King, King of the Huskies!
Sponsored by Puffed Wheat, the only cereal shot from guns!
Anyone else remember that show? It's pretty old.
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posted on
08/19/2013 12:07:34 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: dainbramaged
Actually, the dog’s name was Yukon King.
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posted on
08/19/2013 12:13:43 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
The dog kept leaving markers.
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posted on
08/19/2013 12:14:48 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: Squawk 8888
Because Li batteries work so well in sub zero (F/C) temperatures.
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posted on
08/19/2013 12:19:31 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
To: Squawk 8888
And yet, they still leave tracks...
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posted on
08/19/2013 12:41:49 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: IYAS9YAS
They need a hover mode...
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posted on
08/19/2013 12:44:46 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Paladin2
I heard the US is replacing all motorized vehicles with Bicycles ,part of Obama’s Global Warming fight
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posted on
08/19/2013 12:47:43 PM PDT
by
molson209
(Hillary Clinton)
To: Squawk 8888
Here's my take on it:
I'm still working out the details.
To: dainbramaged
IIRC they had a promotion giving away deeds for one square inch (foot?).
If only I had saved mine they would be worth $$$!
To: molson209
Limtited range of 100 yards to 1 mile, depending on temperature,snow depth,snow texture, rider weight, moon phase,incline and mood of the rider.
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posted on
08/19/2013 1:49:58 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
08/19/2013 2:10:58 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("Life is short. It's even shorter if you suggest going out for pizza on your anniversary" Peter Egan)
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