• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    You mean NORAD missile defence system?

    The point of putting it around Canada was so missiles would be shot down over it instead of the US

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      3 months ago

      You are so wrong… the most direct route for a missile attack to US from Russia passes over Canada, hence the location.

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        3 months ago

        They could still put it along the US border but it doesn’t make sense for the US to shoot missiles down on top of themselves

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          3 months ago

          That’s such a stupid take. They put it as far north as possible so they could get as much notice as possible. Even today it takes time to respond and you need as much as you can get. Even today, shooting down a ballistic missile at high hypersonic speeds with multiple warheads is much easier the earlier in flight you can shoot