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Published 21 May 2023The Sea King was a legendary aircraft in the history of the Royal Canadian Navy. It filled the role of hunter and killer in the Cold War against Soviet submarines. By the mid-90s the situation had changed and their retirement seemed eminent. How naive. The process of finding a replacement for this workhorse would be an election promise by government after government for over 30 years. Its replacement, the CH-148 Cyclone, became operational in 2018. This allowed the 55 year old workhorses to finally retire.
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Music:
“Denmark” – Portland Cello Project
“Your Suggestions” – Unicorn HeadsChapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Historical Context
4:44 Seasprite VS Sea King
8:42 Canadian Adoption
12:23 Upgrades and Variants
14:10 Roles
15:12 Replacement Saga
20:20 ConclusionResearch sources:
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c…
https://www.seaforces.org/marint/Cana…
http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp3/seaking.html
https://publications.gc.ca/collection…
https://web.archive.org/web/200812312…
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opini…#canada #navy #polyusstudios
