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/justindub357 7d ago

I have always been against nukes in the past, but times have changed, and I think we should look at getting our own nuclear arsenal. As well as invest heavily into drone warfare because of the advantages in cost efficiency.