US EditionCanada military models response to US invasion: report
Canadian Armed Forces simulated a U.S. invasion scenario and plan unconventional resistance including sabotage and drone use, with up to three months to prepare, officials say.
- The Canadian military has developed a model response to a potential US invasion, based on insurgency tactics like those used in Afghanistan.
- The officials quoted by the Globe and Mail believe it is unlikely that Trump would order an invasion of Canada, but the military model is being developed as a theoretical framework.
- In an invasion scenario, the Canadian response would involve insurgency-style tactics like ambushes and hit-and-run attacks, as Canada lacks military resources to resist the US conventionally.
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The Canadian military has developed a model response to a US invasion, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump again muses online about a takeover of Canada. Citing two unnamed senior government officials, the paper said the Canadian response model centres on insurgency-style tactics, like those used in Afghanistan by fighters who resisted Soviet and later US forces. The Globe reported that the officials believe it i…
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