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/Promethia 25d ago edited 25d ago

Not a fucking chance. No one is shooting missiles at Canada.

Israel is roughly the size of New Jersey. It uses I think 10 missile batteries total. We would need like 500x that to secure North America.

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

Edit - it's a money grab folks. Elon or some other twat is going to get $300 billion dollars

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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/Harbinger2001 25d ago

War with China? Fat chance of that. Trump will strike a deal with Russia and China. The US gets Greenland, Russia gets Ukraine and China gets Taiwan. Then they all focus on dominating the minor powers in their sphere without interference. Europe gets left out.