US EditionCanada Models Guerrilla Warfare Response to Hypothetical US Invasion
Canada's response model uses insurgency tactics against a potential U.S. invasion, with forces expected to be overcome within days, officials say.
- On Tuesday, the Canadian Armed Forces modelled a hypothetical U.S. invasion and sketched a national response, the Globe and Mail reported, marking the first such scenario in over 100 years.
- President Donald Trump has repeatedly called Canada the '51st state' and his Greenland demands have strained relations between the two allies over the past year, prompting planning.
- The Canadian military assumes U.S. forces could overcome Canadian positions in two days to a week, with insurgency tactics inspired by Afghan fighters, and plans for a 400,000-plus volunteer reserve, officials said.
- Canada would likely call on Britain, France and other allies for help, and Prime Minister Mark Carney is considering sending troops to Greenland for NATO exercises to strengthen deterrence.
- This week in Davos, the model flags a U.S. decision to end NORAD cooperation as a clear invasion signal, coinciding with missile-strike scenarios from Russia and China in broader defence planning.
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He believes that the U.S. force would take between two and six days to control the territory, and they would have to use guerrilla warfare.
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The Canadian army has modeled a scenario of a Canadian military invasion by the United States and possible responses from Ottawa, reveals the Globe and Mail daily, after Donald Trump made a new look at a possible cure for Canadian neighbors, reports AFP.
Even though the Canadian Army has modelled scenarios for a military invasion of the country by the United States, President Donald Trump's bellicose tone towards Canada has not changed the collaboration that has existed for decades between the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the American Armed Forces.
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