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HMCS Iroquois (DDH 280) is a Iroquois class destroyer of the Canadian Navy. Royal Canadian Navy jack, adapted from Flags of the World. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Pratt & Whitney is an American owned aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft. ... Phalanx CIWS The Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapon system, pronounced see-whizz) is an anti-missile system designed and manufactured by Raytheon Company. ... The Sikorsky UH-3 Sea King (also known as Sikorsky S-61) is a twin-engined multi-purpose helicopter. ... Iroquois-class destroyers are helicopter-carrying, anti-submarine warfare destroyers of the Canadian Navy. ... Canadian Forces Maritime Command (MARCOM) is responsible for naval operations of the navy of the Canadian Armed Forces. ...
Iroquois-class destroyers are a class of four helicopter-carrying destroyers of the Canadian Navy.
There was some work on a replacement design, known to Navy-watchers as the Province-class destroyers, but this was confined largely to studies of a much-improved phased array radar system being developed for the Dutch and Germans, known as APAR.
Such a design would have similar capability to the Iroquois but with only one helicopter, and still be no match for the US's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer or the British Type 45 destroyer.
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