[Newsbot]

Title: Compromise in rust treatment means sub can't dive deep
Category: Military
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2011-07-31 14:41:47
Canadian

[martin14]

That is seriously sad.

And making it public.. well someone is smiling.

[saturn_656]

Is it just me or do these subs seem to experience one major f*ck up after another?

The Upholders, a case example of how NOT to do it.

[sandorski]

I wonder if this is common, just seems that Subs are likely fickle things to begin with.

If not, I say, from now on let's just build our own. They could turn out to be crap, but at least it will be our crap and not someone elses.

[GreenTiger]

It sounds like this deal didn't work out too well for Canada, and this is from the "mother" country. At least nobody got killed in this F Up.

[ShepherdsDog]

Do things on the cheap and you end up with garbage

[PublicAnimalNo9]

These things are to reliable subs what the RBMK-1000 is to reliable reactors.

[ShepherdsDog]

a decommisioned reactor that had sat around rusting for years....until some cheap bastard came along and bought it.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

a decommisioned reactor that had sat around rusting for years....until some cheap bastard came along and bought it.

I dunno. I get the feeling they were bugged from the get go. They started launching that class in the late 80's then killed the production in '94, and never kept any in active service after that. The entire class never served more than 7 years, give or take a year. And probably for damn good reason.
Just like the RBMK-1000, I think it was fatally flawed right from the beginning.

[Benn]

I just can't believe they compared a Sub to a Car in justifying this decision. Apples to Apples for sure!

[ShepherdsDog]

And they saw a rube who would give them cash for their garbage. This is where the old saying, you can't cheat an honest man, comes into play. The gov't of the day got to say, 'look how much we care about our Canada's defence...we bought four almost nver been used submarines.' The idiots that 'procured' these fucking mooring buoys ought to be prosecuted.

[martin14]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

The idiots that 'procured' these fucking mooring buoys ought to be prosecuted.

Gee, I wonder who that was...

[Scape]

We knew of the rust already when they came over. What we didn't know was that dam dent in the hull below the waterline. They don't expect to get more then 20 years out of the hulls anyway as they were sitting idle so long. Even though it's taking forever to get them operational it is still a fraction of a the cost of a whole new sub program. We did the same thing with the Leo II's except they could be stored cheaper and a rusty tank doesn't sink. I don't see any complaints about that purchase.

[ShepherdsDog]

$1:

a rusty tank doesn't sink.

right there is where you got it. A bit of rust on the tank also doesn't severely limit its operational capability.

[saturn_656]

Anybody know if these shitcans have the capability to fire torpedos yet?