To: knighthawk
I don't think the United States should be sharing missile defense technology with Canada. We have working prototypes, what does Canada bring to the table that benefits the US?
It's unnecessary for Canada too; the French will protect Canada. They are the best of allies.
14 posted on
05/08/2003 10:14:29 AM PDT by
RJL
To: RJL
what does Canada bring to the table that benefits the US? Potentially a couple of things, actually. First as was posted above, lots of barren empty space for testing, as well as access to the North for forward detection if necessary (recall the DEW line designed to detect incoming Soviet bombers). Second, backup facilities like the fall-back command facility for NORAD underneath North Bay, Ontario (there's a Canuck on the command team in Cheyenne).
We're also no slouch when it comes to satellite and space technology and that may come in useful.
16 posted on
05/08/2003 10:23:45 AM PDT by
mitchbert
(Facts are Stubborn Things)
To: RJL
What does Canada have worth defending, apart from some collectivist tractor factories and feminazi communes? Really, if Canuckistan wants to go their own way, let them. Just don't come crying to us when North Korea decides they want those Alberta oil fields.
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