Budanov asks Canada to hand over 83,000 decommissioned rockets
Budanov asks Canada to hand over 83,000 decommissioned rockets
Kyrylo Budanov, the chief of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), hopes that Canada could hand over to Ukraine tens of thousands of rockets that are awaiting demolition at one of the country's military bases.
More than 83,000 CRV7 ground attack rockets are warehoused at Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Dundurn, south of Saskatoon. Canada no longer has any use for them, and has selected a private contractor to demolish the rockets.
Speaking with the Global News outlet, Budanov said donating the rockets will help Ukraine fend off Russian forces and save Canadian taxpayers the cost of destroying them.
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I would bet my next full paycheque that these things were not stored properly, and basically sat in a field in rural Saskatchewan with little more than a polyethylene tarp on them for the last 40 years.
Very easy to look the site up on Google maps. Looks adequately stored. When do I get to split the paycheque?
You don't buy them without proper storage, they were in a warehouse.
Just because its allegedly in a warehouse doesn't mean it was climate controlled or properly pest controlled. If you've spent any time working in or around the Canadian Federal government you will know that expenditure on facilities maintenance is almost zero, outside of the National Capital Region.
Still think those rockets are good to go?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nato-canadian-armed-forces-europe-1.7135390
So at worst they'll be on par with what Russia is fielding?
in the worst case (some types of) solid fuel can be milled and mixed with RDX, then used in making of thermobaric grenades of which Ukrainian army uses plenty
Maybe. But western governments, specifically the US, has hamstrung Ukraine's ability to win.
They've made incredible progress, and anything but continuing to make progress is a significant set back.
They're a bit desperate.