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To: KyrosL who wrote (99619)	5/30/2003 6:45:20 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

How many ships and airplanes do they have?

To: KyrosL who wrote (99619)	5/31/2003 9:02:05 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Kyros, The 60,000 is correct I understand. We are 1/10 th the size of the US so that would equate to US forces of 600,000. I see someone asked about numbers of planes and ships. In 1982 we bought 138 F-16s. That would be 1380 F-16's to the US. In any event we seem to be well balanced in our military because the friendly fire incident in Afghanistan that killed four of our CDN men was the first incident whereby Canadian Forces personnel died in a combat zone since the Korean War, 50 years ago and we have not been attacked within our borders for well over 50 years either and attacks do not appear imminent. newsmax.com Bean counting the military doesn't seem to be the formula to a countries prospects for peace and harmony in the world. Nuclear capability seems to be the only effective way to even attempt to even the playing field with the gawdawfull increase in superpower armament hardware accumulation. Canada, like most other countries can't even pretend to play that game anymore. Thats why I feel most countries unfortunately will go the nuclear route in the next 25 years.