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Canada's Defence Plan Has a Decade-Long Head Start Problem
Canada missile defence has officially moved from background concern to stated priority. The Chief of Defence Staff named Russian missile technology as the country's biggest threat, and Richard Shimooka, military expert and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, breaks down what that actually means for a country with more Arctic territory to defend than budget to defend it with.
Russia spent years testing long-range cruise missiles in Syria and Ukraine before turning that capability into a credible threat against North America. North Korea and Iran are developing similar systems…
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