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Canadian Military Developing Stealth Snowmobile

Posted by samzenpus on from the quite-as-the-snow dept.

innocent_white_lamb writes "The Canadian military is currently testing a $620,000 hybrid-electric stealth snowmobile. Testing includes speed, towing capacity, endurance, mobility, usability, and of course, noise emissions. The testing and most other information about the stealth snowmobile is secret and very little information has been released other than the fact that it does exist. One document reads 'The noise level of an internal combustion engine cannot be reduced to an acceptable level for missions where covertness may be required, especially given the increased propagation of sound in cold, dry, Arctic air.' Therefore, National Defence's research agency is 'pursuing the development of a "silent" snowmobile for winter operations in Canada, specifically in the Arctic.' Michael Byers, an Arctic policy expert, questions the need for a stealth snowmobile. 'I don't see a whole lot of evidence that criminals and terrorists are scooting around Canada's North on snowmobiles and that we have to sneak up on them,' he said."

6 of 187 comments (clear)

  1. They did the impossible! by Dj+Stingray · · Score: 5, Funny

    Step 1.

    Paint it white.

    Step 2.

    Have a beer eh!

  2. Three Canadians are in a boat fishing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of them falls in and sinks. Another one goes in and pulls him back into the boat and starts giving him mouth-to-mouth. He stops and says "Phew! I don't remember Stosh smelling this bad!". And the other one says, "Yeah, and I don't remember him wearing a snowmobile suit, either."

    1. Re:Three Canadians are in a boat fishing by VortexCortex · · Score: 5, Funny

      He found it grating, eh?

  3. Re: Greetings from the Frozen North. by AJWM · · Score: 5, Informative

    By the way thank you for purchasing our exported talent.

    Just repayment for all those ex-Avro aerospace engineers that helped put Apollo on the moon.

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    -- Alastair
  4. Re:Canada soon invades the US by Khashishi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, we are already working on a defense, called global warming.

  5. The strategic maple syrup reserve... by vjoel · · Score: 5, Funny
    This is how they protect that.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Quebec_Maple_Syrup_Producers#Strategic_reserve

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    What part of `yes no` don't you understand?