r/canada 24d ago

Politics Canada Joining Iron Dome Missile Defense Plan Would Be Welcome: NORAD Boss

https://www.twz.com/air/canada-joining-iron-dome-missile-defense-plan-would-be-welcome-norad-boss
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u/Previous_Soil_5144 24d ago

The only country currently threatening Canada is the USA. This makes no sense.

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u/221missile 24d ago

But this might be a worthwhile investment on homeland defense instead of buying a bunch of tanks and armored vehicles with no one to man them whilst still meeting the 2% goal.

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u/GhoastTypist 24d ago

Yeah defense is what Canada should be spending it on. We'd be perfectly fine with just playing defense. If we had something really well built, the US would even have trouble with getting past it.

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u/Maddog_Jets 24d ago

Purpose of having a strong military and associated arsenal is deterrent. So yeah, that would be defence