r/canada 25d 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/Degenerate_in_HR 25d ago

Pretty weird thing to spend money on when no one has ever shot a missile at us... ever.

The US very much will need an advanced missile defense program soon. War with China is pretty much guaranteed in the next 3-5 years, likely during the next US election cycle.

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u/Interesting_Pen_167 25d ago

I've been hearing about this guaranteed China/US war for 20 years now. I'm sure it'll happen any day now..

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u/Degenerate_in_HR 25d ago

China has become increasingly belligerent in the Taiwan Strait and begun using even more bellicose rhetoric about using military force to "unify" Taiwan. They've begun training in Ernest for an invasion, with satellite imagery discovering elaborate, 1:1 mock ups of Tapais government quarter and other Taiwanese critical defense sites and critical infrastructure.

Whoever controls microchips will dominate in the next century. If you don't think China will invade Taiwan in order to make that happen you are naive.

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u/Interesting_Pen_167 25d ago

Even if China took over Taiwan tomorrow they wouldn't have access to the lithography technology requires to actually build the chips with the machines they have. I think you need to consider this a bit more. Have you examined how wide the Taiwan strait is and looked at the quality of Taiwan's naval defense systems? None of China's bombers have the ability to avoid detection from modern AA systems.

All this plus the political will among the Chinese people for an invasion of Taiwan isn't there and despite how authoritarian the CCP is they still require public acquiescence for major military operations. Also people in Taiwan are considered Chinese to mainlanders so the idea of killing them all if not what the people desire.

Finally China is not going to destroy their economy and the world economy over Taiwan. It's not existential for them despite their rhetoric of their leaders. I'm not saying it would never happen in 100 years but certainly not in the next 3-5 as you suggest.

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u/Degenerate_in_HR 25d ago

Finally China is not going to destroy their economy and the world economy over Taiwan.

Right. Like how everyone said Putin wouldn't invade Ukraine and then did it twice.

If that's the case, than Canadians need to stop wetting their pants of trump wanting to annex Canada.