Shadow@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 23 hours agoCanada to partner with Australia on early warning detection system in the Arcticwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkCanada to partner with Australia on early warning detection system in the Arcticwww.cbc.caShadow@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 23 hours agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 hours agoI hope this brings Canada and Australia closer together, but I think it’s just because Australia has been running an over the horizon radar for decades (since the 1960s), and so we have experts on the technology Edit: I just found this: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/canada-snuck-past-trump-buy-jorn-defence-radar/105069292 TLDR: Australia wanted to sell our Jindalee over-the-horizon radar (JORN) to the US, then Trump happened, so now we’re selling it to Canada
I hope this brings Canada and Australia closer together, but I think it’s just because Australia has been running an over the horizon radar for decades (since the 1960s), and so we have experts on the technology
Edit: I just found this: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/canada-snuck-past-trump-buy-jorn-defence-radar/105069292
TLDR: Australia wanted to sell our Jindalee over-the-horizon radar (JORN) to the US, then Trump happened, so now we’re selling it to Canada