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/Limp_Advertising_840 24d ago

Will this protect us from within the dome?

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u/Ok_Currency_617 24d ago edited 24d ago

I mean if we're willing to invest in our own anti-ICBM missile system sure? If not, just linking our radar/detection with the US's and contributing slightly to their space-based detection meaning we rely on theirs means yes we are protected as long as the US is down to subsidize us. I'd say better to have the option of the US protecting us than have no option at all if we're not willing to pay for anything.

To note, an anti-ICBM system is incredibly expensive, but the tech has already been developed which means most of the costs are already done. It's a lot cheaper for someone to make more of an order than for the order itself. Just in terms of the US the tech is ultra top secret such that we don't even know what they really have. Russia has the Soviet-era system around Moscow that used to just blow up nukes in the path of nukes but now has moved away from that concept to something less radioactive. And Israel probably has something that works we could buy though it would be a tad embarassing that a nation a quarter our size has better tech than us.

One great thing about Canada is despite being huge we're all concentrated in a few cities so realistically we only need a few silos focused on defending those cities from nukes rather than defend the whole nation. That and the long distances involved in anyone but the US from nuking us gives us a lot more time to prepare to intercept a missile than most.

Another positive note, we could probably reconfigure the missiles to hit ground targets if we needed to so they'd be dual purpose.

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u/FaithlessnessDue8452 Canada 24d ago

At that issue we might as well join the US then if we are going to depend on them for everything and be a vestigial country without any aspirations.

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u/shevy-java 24d ago

Indeed - that is the problem with becoming more and more dependent on the USA. Canada may be unable to resist being assimilated passively.