Canada buys Iron Dome technology from Israel- (Expected 2017 delivery date)

[CougarKing]

Those Palestine/Hamas sympathizers in the NDP are going to complain about this in 3...2...1...  :

Vice.com

Canada Just Bought Israel's Iron Dome Radar Technology

Canada's Armed Forces has purchased radar technology that is part of Israel's famous Iron Dome, the missile system tasked with shooting down Hamas and Hezbollah rockets — and it plans to deploy it within Canada.

The system will be produced in Canada by Rheinmetall Canada, a domestic arms company and subsidiary of the German military and car technology enterprise, in conjunction with the Israeli firm that first developed the technology.

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With an expected delivery date of 2017, Canada may see these systems as counteracting recent Russian militarization in the Far North. President Vladimir Putin has announced a massive defense spending program to modernize the Russian military by 2020. Part of that plan involves upgrading Arctic military infrastructure: New missile systems, icebreakers, drone fleets, and more have all put northern nations on high alert



Rheinmetall will produce 10 Medium Range Radar systems in a combined project with ELTA Systems — a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries that helped develop the original Iron Dome — worth over $240 million. The radars will eventually allow soldiers to track multiple incoming weapons, while giving defensive missiles the opportunity to strike a hostile projectile from the sky as in the case of Iron Dome



"Much like Israel's successful Iron Dome radar technology, the Medium Ranger Radar system will be able to instantly track enemy fire aimed at Canadian Armed Forces personnel and help keep them safe during operations," said Kenney in a statement. "We're moving forward with providing the men and women of the military with the equipment they need to do their jobs in the service of their country."

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[dimsum]

I'm not so sure.  It's an election year, so the CPC could easily throw the "oh so you're not supporting the troops?" line back at the NDP. 

 

[jollyjacktar]

I'm not so sure.  It's an election year, so the CPC could easily throw the "oh so you're not supporting the troops?" line back at the NDP.

Or wanting to protect Canadians at home...

 

[Remius]

Or wanting to protect Canadians at home...

Looks more like protecting Canadian soldiers abroad. 

 

[dimsum]

Looks more like protecting Canadian soldiers abroad.

In reality yes, but in "politi-speak", definitely "protecting Canadians at home" by doing just that.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

This is Iron Dome, without the Iron by the looks of it. We are just getting the radar, so we will know when and from where, but because we don't have enough mortars or howitzers we won't be able to target them.

 

[larry Strong]

Did they buy these to replace the failed Thales contract?

Cheers
Larry

 

[Jarnhamar]

What I want to know is can these bad boys be depressed low enough to engage hostile crowds of freedom haters and rioters.

 

[GAP]

What I want to know is can these bad boys be depressed low enough to engage hostile crowds of freedom haters and rioters and NDP'rs......

;D

 

[FortYorkRifleman]

What would the radars be for? NORAD? Air Force or Army?

 

[Good2Golf]

Did they buy these to replace the failed Thales contract?

Cheers
Larry

Weren't those to replace the TPS-70 radars?  Iron Dome seems more like a "counter-battery" type of capability?  ???

 

[tomahawk6]

I suspect that its a marriage of software and hardware.

 

[McG]

What I want to know is can these bad boys be depressed low enough to engage hostile crowds of freedom haters and rioters.

It is a radar without a weapon system.  It cannot engage anything.

 

[McG]

Weren't those to replace the TPS-70 radars?  Iron Dome seems more like a "counter-battery" type of capability?  ???

I seem to recall we wanted (at least at one time) an all singing C-RAM and LLAD sensor in a single package.  Could this be it?

 

[Bird_Gunner45]

I seem to recall we wanted (at least at one time) an all singing C-RAM and LLAD sensor in a single package.  Could this be it?

The radar purchase was designed to provide a primary Air Defence Surveillance capability and secondary CB capability. Realistically, the "CB" capability is also the AD capability, as the intent is to link it to LCMRs and a C-RAM capability in the future. If you look at the Rheinmettal site they also offer a MANPAD for sale that is conveniently being produced in St. Jean-sur-Richelieu. If Canada were to buy Iron Dome for GBAMD (Ground Based Air and Missile Defence) of Critical infrastructure and MANPADs that can  be digitally linked into a Integrated Air Defence Systems (IADS) via Link 16/22/11 than we will have a GBAMD capability that will cover our expeditionary and domestic AD concerns.

:2c:

 

[tomahawk6]

It is a radar without a weapon system.  It cannot engage anything.

Why track an incoming missile without the means to intercept ?Perhaps the next step is to purchase the US HEL ?

http://www.wired.com/2014/09/armys-new-laser-cannon-blasts-drones-out-of-the-sky-even-in-fog/

Radar buy:
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/land/2015/07/30/canada-buy-iron-dome-like-radar-systems-afp/30892425/

 

[Edward Campbell]

The radar purchase was designed to provide a primary Air Defence Surveillance capability and secondary CB capability. Realistically, the "CB" capability is also the AD capability, as the intent is to link it to LCMRs and a C-RAM capability in the future. If you look at the Rheinmettal site they also offer a MANPAD for sale that is conveniently being produced in St. Jean-sur-Richelieu. If Canada were to buy Iron Dome for GBAMD (Ground Based Air and Missile Defence) of Critical infrastructure and MANPADs that can  be digitally linked into a Integrated Air Defence Systems (IADS) via Link 16/22/11 than we will have a GBAMD capability that will cover our expeditionary and domestic AD concerns.

:2c:

Thanks, Bird_Gunner45, that makes a lot of sense.

How big (surface area) can a pice of "critical infrastructure" be to be 'protected' by, say, one or two of these radars? Would two radars, for example, provide coverage over, say, Yellowknife? Would one be enough to cover Alert or Masset, BC or Leitrim, in the Ottawa suburbs? (I'm not suggesting that those site are more "critical" than anywhere else, I just happen to know the areas, I can visualize, in my own mind, how big they are.)

 

[larry Strong]

What is Link 16/22/11?


Cheers
Larry

 

[Baz]

What is Link 16/22/11?


Cheers
Larry

They are STANAG compliant interoperable data links for Command and Control.  More particularly, they use an RF bearer (which can be extended by other means) to create a common operating picture and allow weapons control.  Importantly they are more than just data exchange, in that they inherently allow participating units to correlate and fuse information.

 

[larry Strong]

They are STANAG compliant interoperable data links for Command and Control.  More particularly, they use an RF bearer (which can be extended by other means) to create a common operating picture and allow weapons control.  Importantly they are more than just data exchange, in that they inherently allow participating units to correlate and fuse information.

Thank you

Cheers
Larry