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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCanadian military testing $620,000 stealth snowmobile
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/08/18/north-arctic-snowmobile.htmlThe 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."
Word of the federal hunt for a stealth snowmobile first surfaced two years ago when National Defence's research and development agency posted a public tender.
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Canadian military testing $620,000 stealth snowmobile (Original Post)
TheMightyFavog
Aug 2013
OP
Wow, $620 grand to do what cross country skies do for a couple hundred bucks.....
Capt.Rocky300
Aug 2013
#1
I guess Harper wants Canada to follow in our footsteps regarding military spending...
TheMightyFavog
Aug 2013
#5
It would be kind of interesting if they could pull off an electric snowmobile.
TheMightyFavog
Aug 2013
#7
Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)1. Wow, $620 grand to do what cross country skies do for a couple hundred bucks.....
just not as fast.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)2. "just not as fast" being the key phrase
delrem
(9,688 posts)3. Hopefully the product goes into production before all the ice melts.
Signed: A canuck.
Archae
(46,261 posts)4. This is the Onion, right?
Err...right?
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)5. I guess Harper wants Canada to follow in our footsteps regarding military spending...
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)6. How many cases of beer does it carry?
They've disguised the refuel points as a string of remote Tim Horton's shops.
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)7. It would be kind of interesting if they could pull off an electric snowmobile.
And then get it to a civilian market, as well.
Snowmobiles can get kind of loud.
Bombero1956
(3,539 posts)8. well for that money
I hope it also makes poutine.