Prime Minister Mark Carney said he has had talks with Donald Trump about it. The defense system is designed to detect, track and potentially intercept incoming missiles.
Canada is conducting “high level” talks with the United States over joining Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense program, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday.
Trump announced his plans the previous day to develop the multilayered, $175 billion (€155 billion) system with ground- and space-based capabilities that can defend against a wide range of enemy weapons, like drones, hypersonic and cruise missiles, and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The US President said he expected the missile shield to be ready by the end of his second term in 2029.
175 billion dollars to build a thing in just a few years that’s meant to protect America from attacks…
What attacks? Terrorists hijacking planes? Russians capturing the presidency? Right wing extremism? School shootings?
There’s nothing immediate. And some trumpy dome doesn’t sound like we’re future proofing anything but Lockheed Martin’s bank accounts.
Let’s be honest, what dome? They couldn’t even build a wall against the Mexicans, and now a dome. What’s the point? LMAO
blud thinks he’s on the team 💀
Trump announced his plans the previous day to develop the multilayered, $175 billion (€155 billion) system with ground- and space-based capabilities that can defend against a wide range of enemy weapons
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_development
the program was expected over its lifetime (until 2070) to cost $406.5 billion for acquisition of the jets and $1.1 trillion for operations and maintenance.
This would be such a dumb decision. Does anyone remember Star Wars? Not the movie, the defense system Regan started? Isn’t this the same thing? It will never come to fruition, billions of dollars will disappear into private company’s pockets.
billions of dollars will disappear into private company’s pockets.
That’s probably the whole purpose of it.
Advancements in technology since Reagan’s attempt makes this more feasible today. While it is more technically feasible it is just as stupid now as it was then.
How? Hypersonic missiles should make it more difficult.
Add automation for cheap production costs and any defence system can be overwhelmed.
“Let’s spend a tonne of money to try to break mutually-assured destruction so we can have a whole new nuclear arms race”
Spot on.
Do it, Canada, then stall and stall and stall on your end. Put the Canadian Golden Dome HQ in Quebec and send all communication in French. Also, use the metric system. They’ll never know what hit them. C’est magnifique
I can’t wait for the US to shoot a missile into their own land because they don’t know the difference between kilos and miles
If I recall correctly, that’s already happened with a space mission (I think it was a Mars satellite). The EU used kilometers, which is the scientific norm anyway, and for some reason, the US used miles. The trajectory was WAY off.
US is probably trying to get some of the benefits that new Over-The-Horizon Radar that Canada just bought from Australia. Just remember, Canada needs the Dome less than US since US is more aggressive abroad. So don’t get trampled in the negotiations. plus, it probably wouldn’t protect Canada if the missile comes from inside the dome.
The only enemy Canada currently needs protection from is the U.S. This “golden dome” isn’t to protect Canada but to keep outside support out when the U.S. finally invades. As general Ackbar said “it’s a trap”.
Come on Canada, don’t fall for any Trump bullshit. It has a flashy name but will be full of grift and empty promises.
Oh totally - remember space force from the last Trump administration ?
I can’t emphasize this enough: DO NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING UPFRONT
Yeah how is this not bending the knee and becoming the 51 state?
Diplomacy often means appearing to do one thing while actually doing another.
They smile and nod, get tariffs exemptions, then somehow never actually involve themselves in this shambles.
This will shackle us to the bloated corpse of the US.
Agree. However, stalling works. Canada is great at that.
Shhh, don’t give away our secrets
As long as it doesn’t become this era’s Avro Arrow.
We should be buying European missle defense while developing our own.
I don’t trust Trump to execute it properly, tbh.
Honestly though, anti-missile shields are something we (humanity) needs. Any moron these days can throw it all away in a suicidal instant, now that Putin started a new war and now we have a bunch of smaller wars all over.
But DART showed the promise of orbital defenses, and I’d rather we have some semblance of countermeasures against large meteors, which this is a step towards doing. (Still, climate change is the existential threat that the entire world should be focusing on)
Not great to see from Canada.
I really hope they realize this is nothing more than a means of shoveling massive sums of money to the MIC with little to nothing to show for it other than a “strong economy.”
It’s a trap!
Feel sorry for our northern neighbors in all this. Whatever the hell Trump is planning that would require the golden dome defense system, Canada doesn’t want to be catching strays from the conflict. But damn, what a terrible waste of resources.
Build dat wall I guess. Idiots.
