I just wished this opportunity can be used to only acquire the K9 Thunder, but to also have the Canadian Armed Forces to reconsider the HIMARS and choose the K239 Chunmoo instead!!!
Chunmoo was never really an option. There is a requirement for the MLRS to be air-transportable by a C-130 and the Chunmoo is too large for that.
Chunmoo is an great system when it can be driven where it needs to deploy. But our MLRS will need to go from Suffield, to Baffin Island, to Newfoundland, to Latvia, etc, etc. So ease of air transport is critical.
And as L. Brooks mentions, the munitions options for HIMARS are better than the Chunmoo too.
I just wished this opportunity can be used to only acquire the K9 Thunder, but to also have the Canadian Armed Forces to reconsider the HIMARS and choose the K239 Chunmoo instead!!!
I think the HIMARS thing is pretty much a done deal. Plus, the HiMARS is way more capable.
There is the single-pod Hanwha HPRS, but it’s a moot point, and I imagine CAF would want wheeled options like the RCH155.
Chunmoo was never really an option. There is a requirement for the MLRS to be air-transportable by a C-130 and the Chunmoo is too large for that.
Chunmoo is an great system when it can be driven where it needs to deploy. But our MLRS will need to go from Suffield, to Baffin Island, to Newfoundland, to Latvia, etc, etc. So ease of air transport is critical.
And as L. Brooks mentions, the munitions options for HIMARS are better than the Chunmoo too.