Canada says needs 2 days to prepare jets for Libya

[JanDutchy]

Source: Reuters

Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:54pm GMT

PARIS (Reuters) - Canada backs the idea of taking swift military action in Libya but it would need two days to prepare its military aircraft for an operation, a government spokesman said during international talks in Paris.
"While Canada supports quick action, Canadian fighter jets have just reached the region and will require two days to prepare for any mission," a spokesman for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper told Reuters by email.


Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE72I0CZ20110319

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1. Note to potential invaders of Canada:

a Blitzkrieg could be very effective

[aquart]

2. I was about to say. Not impressive readiness.

[sudopod]

12. Canadian jets don't cross the Atlantic every day

and they don't have any carriers. :p

[WatsonT]

10. Just don't make Germany's mistake

and wait too late in the year to invade.

[King_David]

11. This is Canada

Who would invade Canada ?

[Po_d Mainiac]

13. Benedict Arnold...n/t

[Darth_Kitten]

17. Well, the U.S. has, honey.

n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Our invasion command post is at a bar in Buffalo

We will take Blitzkrieg under advisement.

Dunno what the "krieg" part means.

But we are certainly all for getting "Blitzed".

Apologies to Michael Moore and his movie Canadian Bacon.

:hi:

[Po_d Mainiac]

3. Giv'em a break..It's hockey season

[Amonester]

4. Please, stop embarrassing all Canadians, harper, and STFU. n/t

[BenzoDia]

5. 2 days? They've had weeks to prepare.

Kinda like the the guy that jumps in at the tail end of a brawl.

[LiberalEsto]

6. But they need to load all the mounties and horses

on the attack planes.
Not to mention the sled dogs.

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7. LOL

Ghadafi wouldn't know what the hell to do with a Mountie. I think he would just give up.

[Darth_Kitten]

18. Well, it's not like we wait, oh, 3 years to get into certain wars....

Just saying.

[old mark]

8. It takes two days to wind up the rubber bands on Canadian aircraft...

don't you guys know anything?


Link: http://www.rubber-power.com/


mark

[JBoy]

9. OK, let's review

The UN resolution was passed on Thursday. Two days later, they've got assets in theatre. Now they say they need 2 days to begin operations.

Canada's aircraft are not coming over to their own overseas base, where they've already got infrastructure in place to support their own deployed aircraft. Modern fighters are complicated systems, and you've got to bring everything and the kitchen sink with you. That stuff will literally be in boxes and crates right now. You don't just fuel up and start bombing.

For example, after ferrying the fighters across the Atlantic, they'll have to reconfigure them from that mode to whatever their new mission is (which may not even have been assigned yet). They'll have external tanks on, and the equipment to remove them is probably just being taken off a cargo plane.

It would be different if they were coming to their own base that was set up to support that particular aircraft. Then you could turn them around in a matter of hours.

[wordpix]

14. BTW, who is in charge of this mission? And what the hell IS the mission?

:shrug:

Looks like another quagmire to me.

[Po_d Mainiac]

16. Mission name: Blackhawk's (Chicago) Down? n/t