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Canada has the resources and the technology to become a nuclear power within a matter of months to a year. In reality this is the only means by which we can "deter" US and other Nuclear armed nation's aggression. Should that country decide they need our water, oil, minerals or what have you, we would be at their mercy. One might argue that since we are "currently" on good terms with the US that such a deterent is not necessary, however, the political situation could change overnight if we decided to cut off water supplies, or any other materials they currently rely on (one day that might be in our national interests- then what?). Building Ice Breaking Gunships for the arctic will have no material effect on any decision by the US to violate our sovreignty there. In effect our current military is designed to aid the US in patrolling North America, rather than protecting the citizens of this country. Only a nuclear deterrent can do that.
There is NOTHING short of becoming a nuclear power that can prevent the probable annexation of Canada by its larger neighbor sometime in the future.
Do you think Canada should go Nuclear???
There is NOTHING short of becoming a nuclear power that can prevent the probable annexation of Canada by its larger neighbor sometime in the future.
Do you think Canada should go Nuclear???
- Canada has a well developed nuclear technology base, large uranium reserves and markets reactors for civilian use. While Canada has the technological capabilities to develop nuclear weapons, there is no hard evidence it has done so, nor has Canada ever shown the intention to join the nuclear club outright, although rumors that Prime Minister John Diefenbaker had developed nuclear weapons are still present. Canada has been an important contributor of both expertise and raw materials to the American program in the past, and had even helped with the Manhattan Project. In 1959, NATO proposed to Canada that the RCAF assume a nuclear strike role in Europe. Thus in 1962 six Canadian CF-104 squadrons based in Europe were formed into the RCAF Nuclear Strike Force armed with B28 nuclear bombs (originally Mk 28) under the NATO nuclear weapons sharing program; the Force was disbanded in 1972 when Canada opted out of the nuclear strike role. Canada accepted having American W-40 nuclear warheads under dual key control on Canadian soil in 1963 to be used on the Canadian BOMARC missiles. The Canadian air force also maintained a stockpile of AIR-2 Genie unguided nuclear air-to-air rockets as the primary wartime weapon on the CF-101 Voodoo all-weather interceptor after 1965. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau declared Canada would be a nuclear weapon-free country in 1971, and the last American warheads were withdrawn in 1984. Canada also produces the renowned CANDU reactor and has sold the technology to several countries, including China, South Korea, India, Romania, Argentina, and Pakistan. Several hybrids were developed in both India and Pakistan after Canada cut-off nuclear relations with those two countries after they detonated nuclear weapons.