Cross-border tensions or not, there’s growing talk in Washington that Canada and the U.S. could expand their military co-operation in a continental missile shield.
It came up last week at a U.S. Senate committee hearing, when the top-ranking Democrat reported he’d just gotten positive signals from Defence Minister Bill Blair that Canada could end decades of reluctance to join U.S. missile defence.
Rhode Island’s Jack Reed was talking about U.S. plans for a multi-faceted upgrade to the system — the project is currently nicknamed Iron Dome, a reference to Israel’s existing, albeit vastly different, system.
“I met recently with the defence minister from Canada,” Reed said, referring to Blair’s visit to Washington this month.
“They are very much interested in participating [in this initiative]. They have legal obstacles, but they assume they can jump over them.”
If it gives us the ability to defend from missiles then it might be worth it. We can’t trust US military tech now though, and would need to be certain it is secure and independant.
Ditto. If it is secure, independent, and operated and maintained by Canadians, it is simply in the best interest of both countries. Frankly, it might be something we want to explore on our own even without the US leading it. We are an awfully large country though, and it might not be practical. But maybe we can atleast protect major population centers? Who knows. I’m out of my depth here.
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If it gives us the ability to defend from missiles then it might be worth it. We can’t trust US military tech now though, and would need to be certain it is secure and independant.
Ditto. If it is secure, independent, and operated and maintained by Canadians, it is simply in the best interest of both countries. Frankly, it might be something we want to explore on our own even without the US leading it. We are an awfully large country though, and it might not be practical. But maybe we can atleast protect major population centers? Who knows. I’m out of my depth here.