We don’t even pay our share of NATO fees. It’s something like 2% of GDP and we don’t even contribute that to the largest defense pact on the planet.
We don’t have the capacity the Americans do with tech offensively; we tend to find commercial applications (see CANDU reactors vs nuclear bombs) rather than warfare ones.
If any nation with larger pools of manpower and firepower attack us, it’s going to be responded to with guerilla warfare in the forests. The only chance we have to survive is asymmetrically, and even then it’s a short lived campaign. We’re very lucky that we are surrounded by water on all sides geographically and have the most technologically advanced military to the South.
I am aware of all these problems, it’s a shame Canada cannot uphold even the most basic of obligations from our treaties. In truth the only reason we have been able to neglect the armed forces for so long is because of our unique position as America’s hat. In case of any invasion an American occupation to meet the enemy head on is more likely.
It’s a good thing, we need to modernize to survive.
From whom or what are these drones increasing survival?
Survive against nations with larger pools of manpower and firepower. If we can’t be the biggest we can at least be more technologically advanced.
We don’t even pay our share of NATO fees. It’s something like 2% of GDP and we don’t even contribute that to the largest defense pact on the planet.
We don’t have the capacity the Americans do with tech offensively; we tend to find commercial applications (see CANDU reactors vs nuclear bombs) rather than warfare ones.
If any nation with larger pools of manpower and firepower attack us, it’s going to be responded to with guerilla warfare in the forests. The only chance we have to survive is asymmetrically, and even then it’s a short lived campaign. We’re very lucky that we are surrounded by water on all sides geographically and have the most technologically advanced military to the South.
I am aware of all these problems, it’s a shame Canada cannot uphold even the most basic of obligations from our treaties. In truth the only reason we have been able to neglect the armed forces for so long is because of our unique position as America’s hat. In case of any invasion an American occupation to meet the enemy head on is more likely.