Canadian military testing $620,000 stealth snowmobile

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/08/18/north-arctic-snowmobile.html

The Canadian military has been secretly test-driving a $620,000 stealth snowmobile in its quest to quietly whisk troops on clandestine operations in the Arctic.

The Canadian Press has learned that soldiers have taken the new hybrid-electric snowmobile prototype on trial runs to evaluate features such as speed, noise level, battery endurance and acceleration.

The Department of National Defence even has a nickname for its cutting-edge, covert tool: "Loki," after the "mythological Norse shape-shifting god."

Word of the federal hunt for a stealth snowmobile first surfaced two years ago when National Defence's research and development agency posted a public tender.

[Capt.Rocky300]

1. Wow, $620 grand to do what cross country skies do for a couple hundred bucks.....

just not as fast.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

2. "just not as fast" being the key phrase

[delrem]

3. Hopefully the product goes into production before all the ice melts.

Signed: A canuck.

[Archae]

4. This is the Onion, right?

Err...right?

[TheMightyFavog]

5. I guess Harper wants Canada to follow in our footsteps regarding military spending...

[jberryhill]

6. How many cases of beer does it carry?

They've disguised the refuel points as a string of remote Tim Horton's shops.

[TheMightyFavog]

7. It would be kind of interesting if they could pull off an electric snowmobile.

And then get it to a civilian market, as well.

Snowmobiles can get kind of loud.

[Bombero1956]

8. well for that money

I hope it also makes poutine.