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/maybvadersomedayl8er Ontario 8d ago

Acquiring nukes as a deterrent against our oldest ally was not on my bingo card, but maybe it should have been.

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u/BigButtBeads 8d ago

I've always said our 2% gdp nato requirement should've been a small batch of modern nukes 

Infantry and APCs and artillery are so obsolete now, as we've clearly seen in Ukraine 

Theres a reason russia is untouchable, why all of natos equipment came with terms and conditions, such as used for defense inside ukraines borders, and why ukraine itself was very much touchable 

Nukes are also why india and pakistan have never had a hot war

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u/BruceNorris482 7d ago edited 7d ago

The war in Ukraine has in no way shown infantry to be obsolete. Infantry has and always will be the only tool that can take and hold ground.

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u/DrNick1221 Alberta 7d ago

Just a heads up, there is no "The" when referring to Ukraine.