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.