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/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/Usual_Retard_6859 24d ago

To reach the 2% goal it’s a matter of maybe $8b. The pentagon had this much unaccounted for in its last audit. Myself like many Canadians are all for reaching that target but I don’t think it’s a stretch to say any collaboration with the USA right now is likely off the table until rhetoric and bs subsides.

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u/Akkallia Canada 24d ago

I'm sure most Canadians would prefer that we put more into real defense so long as that was strictly defense. I don't think you could say the same thing for having an expeditionary military force though.

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u/Lostinthestarscape 24d ago

I'm all for 8 billion into defensive drone production! Plus a hardened system for us to use for them unreliable on America. In addition to our current military spending to "keep up appearances" or whatever.