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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Well yeah so I think you're saying 'both' - that's where it gets tricky to me, I feel like one needs to take precedence over the other to figure out what military is the best for Canada.
To have one military be tasked with both defending a country as geographically unique as Canada (presumably from a physical attacker), while also being able to simultaneously deploy across the Atlantic/Pacific in a land/air/sea battle, seems like a lot. Maybe more than we can actually do. I'd be cool with focusing hard on one, or the other.
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I'm not sure you can focus on on or the other to be honest.
I would be happy with a splitting up of requirements:
- Navy, primary focus on projecting power in and around our coastal waters, SAR work
- Airforce, primary role of projecting power in and around our airspace, including rapid airlift capabilities and SAR work
The Navy & Airforce can offset these with small focused deployments to hone skills and keep interest, but honestly our biggest threat isn't a land invasion, IMO.
- Army (which as an aside if the greatest army of the military) should have a focus on light to medium armoured vehicles. It needs to be a highly mobile army that can get into and out of areas quickly, while bringing maximum lethality. A NATO quick reaction force that is easily deployable to overseas.
The Airforce & Army skills to rapidly deploy overseas can be leveraged during internal domestic needs.