Sending Aging Sea Kings For Mission In Afghanistan A "Nightmare" - Sen

Forrestall said the idea is absurd, and the Liberal government must instead move rapidly to purchase or lease newer helicopters for the mission. "Before we send unreliable Sea Kings to that part of the world, let's make every effort to get newer equipment, still used, than that which we're proposing to send over there," he said in an interview. The senator said his sources in the military have told him a refit of the aircraft has already begun at Industrial Marine Products in Halifax. "We have every reason to believe the Canadian Forces are already stripping from the helicopters equipment that was used for marine and anti-submarine exercises," he said. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050719/ca_pr_on_na/sea_kings_2

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