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Originally Posted by Slava
I understand your point here, but in all honesty the whole push for Arctic Sovereignty and that kind of thing is something that I am in favour of Harper doing (aside from the showmanship about the Franklin expedition, but thats a whole other discussion!)
I think that as Canadians we have this idea that we don't need the military/airforce, etc. because its not that strong anyway, and the threat is minimal. When you look around the world though, its just not the case. One day things are fine and you're just a nice peaceful nation, and the next day the tanks roll in and take your land. I know that seems like a huge exaggeration, but seriously have a look through history and its not like it would be the first time.
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I agree to extent, however I don't think Canada would be able to fend off an attack from the only country likely to successfully attack us (Russia).
As it stands, a fleet of fighterjets would be spitting on a fish.
This doesn't even address what kind of massive hornetsnest kicking that downing a Russian fighter buzzing Arctic airspace would be.