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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Canada weighs defense options, buys Chinooks

Chinook Mk3Canada is buying 15 Chinook military helicopters as it weighs its defense options amid a welter of events that have highlighted its vulnerabilities in the Western Hemisphere.

Deciding to purchase the F model Chinooks from Boeing for $1.15 billion has not been easy for Canada.

The deal involved nearly three years of discussion and negotiation, while Canadian forces, except those active in Afghanistan, prepared to start working with the new model of the heavy lift aircraft again after a long break.

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