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Originally Posted by spunkmaster
"Canada is absolutely right in not signing on. The only reason the US comes to us for any of that tripe is because we lend an air of respectability to their plans. King George didn't get the rubber stamp or the ducats from us on this one, sucks to be him."
Wrong, the US needs Canada because Canada is 50% of NORAD. The commander of NORAD right now is a Canadian. NORAD is the eyes for any missle defense system. You'll have to choose between a missle defense system or NORAD can't have any Canadian responsibilities any more?
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The reason the US needed Canada for NORAD was to get authorization to dot the countryside with backscatter radar stations and, perhaps, SAM sites to take out incoming bombers (this being before the day of widespread ICBM use, for which it could do nothing but let people know maybe a half-hour before impact). NORAD and missile defense are two entirely distinct, though related, operations... I doubt that Canada will remove itself from NORAD any time soon because NORAD, unlike this opiate-induced cash-soaked delusion of projectile-vs-projectile antimissile defense, actually serves a purpose that benefits Canada.
Missile defense needs NORAD. NORAD doesn't need missile defense, except in the eyes of the greedy fucks who'd cash in on it.
