Canada has announced plans to spend more than half a billion dollars on new military transport aircraft.

The newly announced planned spending for the current 2008-09 fiscal year includes C$557.3m for the military to allow it to acquire a new aircraft fleet to transport troops and equipment, which will replace the existing fleet of 13 aging Hercules aircraft, according to local media.

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Earlier this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a 20-year plan to spend C$30bn on the military, including boosting the number of troops, replacing fighter jets, surface combat ships, maritime patrol vessels, transport helicopters, armoured vehicles, helicopters and search-and-rescue aircraft.

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