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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Drone defense for the North seems like a no brainer to me for Canada. We should be heavily investing in this future tech, plus the spin offs from that could be really beneficial!
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Nah, I don't think so. Basically, if somebody wants Northern Canada and can hold it, they can take it if the USA isn't going to back us up.
I mean, say we have 200 drones (as if it would be more than like two) flying around out there and they encounter Russians - planes, ships, ground forces, whatever...what would you have us do? You want to engage them? Okay, then once that has started you need to sustain an effort/war with a bigger force. It's not like Puerto Rico is going to go for it, or anybody we could actually fend off. If somebody wants the North, it'll be Russia or China and I don't see what choice we have but to cede it unless our allies will step in. Us investing in drones to operate in the arctic would be a giant waste of money and theater that would only be laughed at.