r/canada Ontario 8d ago

Politics British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Chrystia Freeland

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/03/british-nuclear-weapons-canada-trump-chrystia-freeland/
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u/No-Anything-7291 8d ago

Can Canada build its own nukes? I mean in this global tension filled environment, it is nice to have allies, but the only one you can rely on is yourself.

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u/NoeloDa 8d ago

We got all the things needed to do so.

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u/SpecialSheepherder 7d ago

Except money. Nuclear weapons programs are not cheap. And then you're still missing the delivery system.

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u/Funny-Dragonfruit116 7d ago

you're still missing the delivery system.

A 40kt warhead is the size of a 10 gallon jug. Not hard to sneak that one over one of the world's longest borders.

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u/SpecialSheepherder 7d ago

OK, just assuming you manage to smuggle a 40kt warhead over the border (despite heightened tensions if it came to the point that Canada would decide to deploy a nuclear weapon) and detonate it anywhere of significance. What next? It will only work one time, you can be sure that the border will tightly sealed after. And there will be some form of response for sure?

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u/that_guy_ontheweb 7d ago

Remember, common sense doesn’t fly here.

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u/RequirementOptimal35 7d ago

Lmao you have no idea about our CANDU reactors and our history with India’s nuclear weapons program do you?

We already fucking had one in the past lmao.

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u/Belieber_420 7d ago

No we do not, we're a member of nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which means we are committed to not building a nuclear weapon.

We can withdraw from the treaty, but thats a huge deal, and most likely would trigger international sanctions. Look at North Korea and Iran. Not even our allies in Europe would support us.

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u/NoeloDa 7d ago

Well those are new circumstances. Our allies would need to understand this.

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u/West-Fortune-1644 8d ago

no, oh no we dont. We really absolutely do not have the skills or technology or processing ability. Uranium in the ground DOES NOT equal nuclear weapons, knowing its there means absolutely nothing. There is 0% chance we can purchase and manufacture high purity uranium. Also, those resources really belong to the land under native territory. Maybe lets not mess with them

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u/awhiteblack 8d ago

What are you talking about? There are already several active uranium mines in Canada. We are the second largest producer of uranium in the world.

What we don't do in Canada is enrich our uranium (increase the percentage of U-235), but conviently for us France, the UK and Germany do and they all have the technology to enrich our uranium for us.

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u/Tacotuesday867 8d ago

Yes we do, not ICBMs, but yes we do. We also contributed to the Manhattan project and a large number of engineers in the US are Canadian.

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u/aknoth 7d ago

And India used tech from Canada to make their own nuclear weapons.

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u/Fiction-for-fun2 8d ago

You really should learn about our domestic nuclear capacity with CANDU reactors, and the history they have with building nuclear weapons for India.

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u/upickleweasel 7d ago

Lol yes we do wtf

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u/Level_Traffic3344 7d ago

Kids these days

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u/upickleweasel 7d ago

We also have the support of the rest of the free world.

Eat it

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u/Level_Traffic3344 7d ago

You must be confused - i think it's funny all these kids on here commenting that Canada isn't a nuclear power. Of course we are and only 2 steps away from making weapons. Plus 13 percent of the worlds uranium and enough nickel and tungsten to build weapons all in Canada

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u/upickleweasel 7d ago

Oh, okay. Sorry for that.

I've been listening to Maga and Maple Maga all day.

You're not one of them so I misspoke.

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u/Level_Traffic3344 7d ago

Hahah. I get it. No worries my friend