Canada Seeks Stealthy Snowmobile, For No Good Reason

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Well, in all fairness, he seems like a clever boy doesn't he (sarcasm off)?
Firstly, what the heck is he going on about and secondly, US Dismissal of Canadian Military? Oh please, this guy is a bit of a beep beep beep.
Talking about the arctic not the only place to have snow? Err what?
Where did that come from? No wonder I don't read comments sections in news articles.
From a purelu neutral outside point of view I don't find anything dismissive of the Canadian Military. The article mentioned some things in a jocular way but dismissive?
Anyhoo....

I don't agree nor disagree with this man. I know many don't read comments section so I wanted to post it here to see what others think about his comment.

[Jimbuna]

Finally, it has to be remembered that BRP is one of the relatively few companies that still make snowmobile, and, on top of my head, one of the only companies that has military, border and snow in numbers sufficient to justify an all-military stealth model. However, it can be exported to NATO allies, as Finland, Sweden and Norway might use them, and - potentially - to some other countries, like, say, Russia and Mongolia. If there is an ability to match a niche demand with niche supply, why not do it?

This piece certainly makes sense to me.

[Platapus]

Why would Canada need this?

Drug trafficking. Or more appropriately, anti-drug trafficking.

It is big business and a big problem.

a historian interviewed by the Canadian Press declared himself ***8220;at a loss to know***8221; why Canada needed silent alpine cruisers.

And exactly why would anyone ask a historian about this?

You don't think this journalist would just cherry pick a source to find one that agrees with the journalist's opinion, do you? That would be wrong.

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Why would Canada need this?

Drug trafficking. Or more appropriately, anti-drug trafficking.

It is big business and a big problem.

Also gun running northward, illegal immigrants, plus the usual terrorism concerns. I think generally speaking that comment reposted in post 2 gets it dead on.

[gimpy117]

they just want to spend loads of money on silly military projects, like their neighbors to the south

[Task Force]

Hmm... wouldn't a snow mobile be abit... loud for stealth.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Task Force

Hmm... wouldn't a snow mobile be abit... loud for stealth.

What accounts for the most noise of a snowmobile?