Radar

[Kirkhill]

Another area without a thread of its own, and yet it is critical.

Area 22 is our responsibility (22 Wing out of Nort Bay monitoring the North Warning Sites)





The US has maintained Over-The-Horizon-Backscatter sites since at least the 1980s



Our current purchase of the Australian JORN is us playing catch-up.

Canada Looks To Close Critical Arctic Radar Gaps With Australia's Help

A new long-range over-the-horizon radar would help Canada and the United States keep watch over the highly strategic High North.

www.twz.com

I understand that we will actually need three arrays. The first one in the Borden area is focused towards Greenland and effectively overlapping with Maine's sector 1 and effectively covers the Halifax SRR. There will be another covering off the Victoria SRR direction over the pacific and a third will be required for the Trenton SRR geography over the Arctic. That sounds as if the Arctic one will be built in the Alert - Eureka area. I presume that the western one, like the eastern one, will be built inland.

 

[Kirkhill]

And, of course, there are our space based efforts with the Radarsat constellation.

RADARSAT Constellation - eoPortal

<p>The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is a three satellite constellation, developed and operated by CSA (Canadian Space Agency) with private sector support, primarily from MDA (MacDonald Dettwiler Associates Ltd.). Launched on the 12th of June 2019, RCM aims to provide C-Band data...

www.eoportal.org

Just as a side note, this public private patrnership is probably similar in concepi to the proposed UxV sensor network being proposed by the RN for their Atlantic Bastion and I am guessing that that is where the civil-military-paramilitary Coast Guard fits into the picture on our side of the Atlantic.

 

[ytz]

1) R2 and RCM will be replaced for the CAF by DESSP. Both currently have SOCDs raised against them. We need our own.

2) North Warning System is being replaced by Crossbow.

 

[Kirkhill]

R2= Radarsat 2
RCM=Radarsat Constellation Mission
DESSP=Defence Enhanced Surveillance from Space Project
SOCD=Statement Of Capability Deficiency

 

[Seyek]

1) R2 and RCM will be replaced for the CAF by DESSP. Both currently have SOCDs raised against them. We need our own.

2) North Warning System is being replaced by Crossbow.

Are there any resources (either DWAN or publicly available) to read up on our space based capabilities and future plans? I'm interested in knowing more about the subject but don't really know where to start learning about it.

 

[ytz]

Are there any resources (either DWAN or publicly available) to read up on our space based capabilities and future plans? I'm interested in knowing more about the subject but don't really know where to start learning about it.

You can do a Sharepoint search to learn more. Crossbow is highly classified. So not much will be found. But you can read between the lines here:

In close coordination with the United States, we will establish the backbone of a brand-new, Northern Approaches Surveillance system to enhance surveillance and early warning of threats to our continent. Most notably, this will include three initiatives:

• An Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar system to provide early warning radar coverage and threat tracking from the Canada-U.S. border to the Arctic Circle.
• A Polar Over-the-Horizon Radar system to provide early warning radar coverage over and beyond the northernmost approaches to North America, including the Canadian Arctic archipelago, and
• A new system called Crossbow — a network of sensors with classified capabilities, distributed across northern Canada, as another layer of detection.

Minister of National Defence Announces Canada’s NORAD Modernization Plan - Canada.ca

I acknowledge that we are gathering on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat peoples. Today, we reaffirm our commitment to meaningful reconciliation and respectful partnership with Indigenous Peoples.

www.canada.ca

DESSP is in the DCB. So you can get the quick overview here:

Defence Enhanced Surveillance from Space - Project (DESSP) (NORAD modernization) - Defence Capabilities Blueprint

Defence Enhanced Surveillance from Space - Project (DESSP) (NORAD modernization) - Defence Capabilities Blueprint

apps.forces.gc.ca

 

[lenaitch]

Another area without a thread of its own, and yet it is critical.

Area 22 is our responsibility (22 Wing out of Nort Bay monitoring the North Warning Sites)

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The US has maintained Over-The-Horizon-Backscatter sites since at least the 1980s

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Our current purchase of the Australian JORN is us playing catch-up.

Canada Looks To Close Critical Arctic Radar Gaps With Australia's Help

A new long-range over-the-horizon radar would help Canada and the United States keep watch over the highly strategic High North.

www.twz.com

I understand that we will actually need three arrays. The first one in the Borden area is focused towards Greenland and effectively overlapping with Maine's sector 1 and effectively covers the Halifax SRR. There will be another covering off the Victoria SRR direction over the pacific and a third will be required for the Trenton SRR geography over the Arctic. That sounds as if the Arctic one will be built in the Alert - Eureka area. I presume that the western one, like the eastern one, will be built inland.

Not to take away from your argument but your first map is dacades out of date.

 

[ytz]

Not to take away from your argument but your first map is dacades out of date.

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Correct. This is functionally how NORAD operates today.

 

[OldSolduer]

I thought we were talking about O’Reilly…

 

[Kirkhill]

Not to take away from your argument but your first map is dacades out of date.

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Seen. Thanks.

Do you have a map showing the airspace limits over water?

 

[Kirkhill]

While we are on the subject of maps

The battlefield



Sea transit routes



Air transit



Territorial claims