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Ok_Refrigerator7378 t1_j2dlgg3 wrote

Happy Canada gave some stuff. Also didn't know Canada had anything this high tech xD

Edit: take a joke. I mean I know we are all Canadians but we don't all need to be snowflakes xD (only joking people let's all take a breath!)

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jimintoronto t1_j2dob3c wrote

Come on. These light armored cars are not by any means "high tech ". Canada has supplied some of our best weapons systems including the 177 model 155 mm long range artillery gun. It has a GPS guided artillery round that has a range of over 25 km, and the ability to hit a 10 meter square target . Ech one of the GPS rounds costs $67,000 Canadian. We have supplied thousands of level 4 military armored vests, and 2 million field ration meals. IN addition we have over 1,000 CF members training Ukrainian forces in Latvia, and the UK. We have also provided drones and cameras for forward observation units.

JImB.

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Successful-Clock-224 t1_j2e7h16 wrote

I feel like your comment highlights Canada’s strong commitment to global security for over a hundred years with out receiving or asking for much recognition (outside of military aficionados )

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LittleGreenSoldier t1_j2er069 wrote

It's more about focusing on soft power. We like being seen as more of a quiet, sober, tempering force next to the huge devouring machine that is the US military. Putting boots on the ground risks angering the wrong people, and we don't necessarily have the resources to openly join a conflict like the US can.

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HugeFinish t1_j2f2j8l wrote

Plus Canada and the USA know we will always have each others backs. No little brother big brother shit.

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flight_recorder t1_j2f34p3 wrote

The only way we could meaningfully help the US is by convincing other NATO missions to tag along.

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HugeFinish t1_j2f77np wrote

You don't think Canada would send everything if the USA was being invaded? That was the point I was trying to make

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flight_recorder t1_j2f9kzy wrote

Canada sure would, but it would mean very little in the grand scheme of things.

Canada has 68,000 regular force soldiers. That’s 44,000 army, 8,300 navy, and 12,000 Air Force spread out all over Canada. Fort Bragg has 58,000 military personnel in ONE BASE.

Canadian Air Force has 430 operational aircraft. US Airforce has 936 operational F-16s alone.

Canada helping the US in war is like a child helping Messi play football. It’s cute, but only happens to gain their parents (NATO) support.

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LittleGreenSoldier t1_j2fdm0g wrote

It doesn't necessarily "mean very little". We don't have a lot of people, true, but we're aware of that fact and function mostly as targeted strike and shock troops. Let the US with its ten times the population field the infantry, send in a Canadian sniper team. JTF2 was the poster child for this stuff in Afghanistan.

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faceintheblue t1_j2e7e43 wrote

We don't have a big military, but we're a NATO country that spent more than a decade in Afghanistan.

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Big-Zoo t1_j2eeext wrote

Definitely not a big military, but a HIGHLY experienced one.

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prussianflyingcircus t1_j2fb9ny wrote

It’s comments like this that reveals the lack of education in some people’s tiny tiny world. You need to research JTF2 and then come back to this comment.

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Ok_Refrigerator7378 t1_j2fbdz5 wrote

Lol bud simmer down it was a comment based on my friends experience in the navy. More than that it's primarily a joke xD

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prussianflyingcircus t1_j2ff3k2 wrote

I’m not your buddy, guy! K, I’ll cede this, the navy is in a sad state, but it is improving..whenever the new ships are finished (in a decade). Being a former CAF member I’ve never even ridden in a Roshell, relegated to G-wagons and LAV’s or humping it.

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IBuildBusinesses t1_j2f47o4 wrote

A friend of mine attended CANSEC last year and was blown away by the tech some Canadian companies are producing. Lots of drone tech as well.

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Ok_Refrigerator7378 t1_j2f8cgu wrote

Yeah it was mostly a joke based on a few navy friends complaining about outdated tech.

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GrootThereItIs t1_j2ff4vc wrote

Yeah we don't have that vehicle in the Canadian Army. We got some piece of shit from Textron they can't provide parts for that had to be grounded nation wide for its habit of rolling and catching fire.

Edit: Just saw a video of the LAV ACSV we are supposed to get one day being used in Ukraine. They look cool I wonder if we get them anytime soon.

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