It\u0027s part of $40 billion in spending over the next 20 years, says Defence Minister Anita Anand
She said it’s most “the most significant upgrade to NORAD from a Canadian perspective in almost four decades.”Canada on 'upward trajectory' with NATO spending and modernizing Norad, defence minister says“In close coordination with the United States, we will establish the backbone of a brand-new northern approaches surveillance system to enhance surveillance and early warning threats to our continent,” Anand said.
NORAD, a joint military command with the U.S. that provides airspace surveillance was first created during the Cold War to protect against a Soviet attack. It was also designed for the threats of the day, long range bomber threats from the Soviet Union, and doesn’t protect against newer generations of missiles. Its equipment was last modernized in 1985.
Anand said the new system of sensors “essentially push our line of sight further north, ensuring we will be able to respond to fast moving threats like hypersonics.” “We need to understand that missile defence has to be integrated. We have to understand that hypersonics, cruise missiles and other types of new technologies in missiles are able to be responded to by our new northern approaches surveillance system. So it’s an integrated approach that we are taking.”
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