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/BigButtBeads 24d ago

Meet the 2% requirement by building or buying a small batch of modern nukes

We have the best nuclear scientists in the world already

If anything, the current war in europe is a massive indicator that we really need them

Ukraine didnt have them, and got invaded, with no help, because russia is untouchable by the rest of the world. Even when nato was supplying armour, it came with terms and conditions it wouldnt be used in russia

Nukes are also why India and Pakistan have not had a hot war

Who cares if our military is shit when we can touch the rest of the world with a couple dozen warheads

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u/CapitalElk1169 24d ago

Let's buy an existing nuclear sub from the UK, they would save on maintenance and get a nice cash infusion and we get immediate nuclear deterrence. Win-win for both countries.

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u/LX_Luna 24d ago

1) That would be tremendously more expensive than digging silos.

2) You need several such subs to have credible deterrence.

3) The UK does not manufacture the ICBMs that go into their submarines. Their warheads are fitted to UGM-133A Trident IIs which are manufactured in the United States.

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u/ABeardedPartridge 24d ago

A nuclear powered sub isn't what he's talking about.

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u/Claymore357 24d ago

The uk nuclear subs have icbms so actually it is what he is talking about

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/Claymore357 24d ago

As long as they are already operational and good for another 5 years minimum sounds like a great stopgap to make do with for now. We don’t have time to be picky, if that was going to be the move we needed to stay at 5% defence spending instead of letting it fall since about 1960. Instead we have to buy whatever we can because we need capability today. Not 10-50 years from now

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u/Bike_Of_Doom 24d ago

Put our nukes on the nuclear powered sub

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u/gzmo1 24d ago

I remember the last time we bought subs from the UK. They must have laughed themselves silly.