Canadian Military Developing Stealth Snowmobile 187
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."
Re: Greetings from the Frozen North. (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.
Re:Has Sarah Palin been alerted? (Score:4, Informative)
Commies to her right, stealth snowmobiles to her left. Does DEFCON go to 11?
DEFCON 11 would be a state of peaceful tranquility unlike anything the world has seen since the dawn of humanity.
You're looking for DEFCON 1 [wikipedia.org].