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Asher, sssshhhhh you are giving away all of our secrets!
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Interesting enough the USA and CANADA are working together now on a new advanced fighter plane. My guess it is pilotless...“The Communist Manifesto was correct…but…we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding…to democratic organizations…In my judgment…success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance…[rather]…than in…a catastrophic crash."Eduard Bernstein
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at the discussion so far.
Woot! Free oil!Canadian Warship Seizes Tanker In... Wait... Canada has a Warship?
I think the Atlantic sea lanes offer much more fertile grounds for our new foreign "trade" policies, though.
12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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Avro arrows could shoot down U2s? In 1958 Canada was already a member of NORAD, a mutual air defense association, so why would the Canadians shhot down U2s?
The agreement forming NORAD required that Canada allow the US to set up a radar warning network (DEWS) in Canada and be allowed to send US fighters into Canadian airspace to intercept Soviet bombers in the event of a Soviet attack. In the 1950s the anti-aircraft missles fitted on US long range interceptors assigned this task were to use nuclear warheads in order to improve the chances of destroying attacking bombers. In exchange for Canada offering to sacrifice its people in the defense of the USA Canadian officers were placed in the NORAD command structure. Even today a Canadian is in charge of the fate of North America 8 out of every 24 hours.
Gosh, you people are sure swell. Imagine offering to allow the detonation of nuclear missles above your homeland in order to protect kids here in Lynchburg, Virginia."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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We've been trying to kill off what remains of the Inuit population for years. Why the hell wouldn't we let you do it for us?12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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If only the Ruskies had co-operated.Originally posted by KrazyHorse
We've been trying to kill off what remains of the Inuit population for years. Why the hell wouldn't we let you do it for us?"I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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I'm not sure how up to date you are with Canadian geography, but did you know that maybe 30,000 people total live in the entire Northwest Territories up there?Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Gosh, you people are sure swell. Imagine offering to allow the detonation of nuclear missles above your homeland in order to protect kids here in Lynchburg, Virginia.
FAR less than he densly populated areas at the border."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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In the 1950s I'm not sure that there was any guarentee that the interceptors would have gotten to the attacking bombers over the Northern Territories. Some of them might have been intercepted over British Columbia, Alberta, Mannitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, or even Ontario. The important objective was to keep them from reaching vital cultural areas in New York, Illinois, Califonia, Ohio, Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and many others.Originally posted by Asher
I'm not sure how up to date you are with Canadian geography, but did you know that maybe 30,000 people total live in the entire Northwest Territories up there?
FAR less than he densly populated areas at the border."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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Well they'll all be stuck in Portsmouth before you know it thenOriginally posted by Asher
Silly me, I thought most of it actually came from the UK?
We just bought a bunch of submarines off 'em...
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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With the radar system in place, they would have been intercepted in Northern Canada, where it's EXTREMELY sparatically populated.Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
In the 1950s I'm not sure that there was any guarentee that the interceptors would have gotten to the attacking bombers over the Northern Territories. Some of them might have been intercepted over British Columbia, Alberta, Mannitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, or even Ontario. The important objective was to keep them from reaching vital cultural areas in New York, Illinois, Califonia, Ohio, Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and many others.
There are interceptors based in Cold Lake, Alberta (northern Alberta), for example."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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The Spanish fishing fleet has been aware of the existence of Canadian warships for some time now.
A coverup perhaps?
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Just thought I'd toss in Canada's help in the War On Terror....
Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Ahhh, the ever-elusive JTF2."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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No, wait, it's not our guys.
Notice the brown camo!"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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