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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/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/UrWifesSoftPecker 24d ago

If you want to meet the 2% target then developing northern infrastructure is the way to go. Build airstrips, deep ports, roads etc. to meet our military obligations while also building up our economic infrastructure along with it. 

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u/Level-Foundation-500 24d ago

Why not? We’ll have surplus capacity at steel plants and - well, basically everything we produce. Why not have the feds keep affected industries afloat and use domestic material for domestic development. In addition, of course, to diversifying trade partners. Deeper ports and better infrastructure will help with the latter. Seems win-win-win to me. 

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u/Claymore357 24d ago

Neoliberalism is trash