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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
When our allies nicely call us weak on arctic sovereignty.
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A 2010 UK defence White Paper nuked its maritime patrol aircraft capability, despite being an island country. And so the irony is that Canada and other NATO countries have been providing that capability for the past several years. Only recently did the UK realize it was stupid for an island nation not to have maritime patrol aircraft. Likewise, an Arctic country like Canada should devote resources to defending the North. Unlike Canada, though, the UK acknowledged their folly and recently began taking delivery of P8s for maritime patrol.