The Liberal government is looking to cut almost $1 billion from the annual budget of the Department of National Defence — a demand the country’s top military commander says is prompting some “difficult” conversations within the military.
The Liberal government is looking to cut almost $1 billion from the annual budget of the Department of National Defence — a demand the country’s top military commander says is prompting some “difficult” conversations within the military.
Nuclear maintenance is very expensive.
Nukes are actually terrible for defense purposes, since starting a nuclear war is a very ‘all or nothing’ affair, which means your choices are reduced to “Armageddon” or “Let the other side have their way” whenever a crisis comes up.
Apparently, having nukes grants you the “You just crossed another red line!” defence.
It is pretty good for stopping an outright invasion, though, if that’s your only concern. That’s basically what North Korea does. This is not Canada’s strategic position.
See: Russia and every final warning it has given over Ukraine. Since the US knows they have nothing conventionally and doesn’t buy that they’re going to end the world over a shipment of helmets or whatever it gets ignored.
Nukes are a good deterrent against attacks on civilians. There’s a reason Ukraine hasn’t started lobbing rockets at Russian cities.