Chinook Mine

MoD denies helicopter shortage.
Independent Television News Limited (ITN); 11/4/2009; 601 words; ...died when his Land Rover was hit by a mine in Afghanistan on December 4, 2007...Artillery Company, would still be alive if a Chinook helicopter had been used to move some...including his son - two days to do what a Chinook could have done in four 15-minute sorties...

chopper shortage is killing us on the ground; Welsh Guard's CO foresaw his death.(News)
Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales); 11/1/2009; 964 words; ...died when his Land Rover was hit by a mine in Afghanistan on December 4, 2007...Artillery Company, would still be alive if a Chinook helicopter had been used to move some...including his son - two days to do what a Chinook could have done in four 15-minute sorties...

Australia: Local defence contractor unveils new protection from IEDs.
TendersInfo; 10/3/2009; 780 words; ...Afghanistan. The seven-tonne Hawkei can be carried beneath a CH47 Chinook helicopter. Thales says it offers unparalleled levels of protection...report of attacks on Australian troops in Afghanistan from IEDs, mines or small arms -- or all three. Thales is offering the vehicle...

THALES AUSTRALIA UNVEILS NEW VEHICLE TO REPLACE LAND ROVER.
AsiaPulse News; 9/29/2009; 814 words; ...report of attacks on Australian troops in Afghanistan from IEDs, mines or small arms and often all three, underlining the need for...tonne package able to be transported in the cargo sling of a Chinook helicopter. "The ADF needs these vehicles now," he said...

Fed: Manufacturer unveils Land Rover replacement
AAP General News (Australia); 9/29/2009; 544 words; ...report of attacks on Australian troops in Afghanistan from IEDs, mines or small arms and often all three, underlining the need for...tonne package able to be transported in the cargo sling of a Chinook helicopter. "The ADF needs these vehicles now," he said...