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Prime Minister Mark Carney said he has had talks with Donald Trump about it. The defense system is designed to detect, track and potentially intercept incoming missiles.

Canada is conducting "high level" talks with the United States over joining Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense program, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday.

Trump announced his plans the previous day to develop the multilayered, $175 billion (€155 billion) system with ground- and space-based capabilities that can defend against a wide range of enemy weapons, like drones, hypersonic and cruise missiles, and intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The US President said he expected the missile shield to be ready by the end of his second term in 2029.

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[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.snekerpimp.space 80 points 3 weeks ago

This would be such a dumb decision. Does anyone remember Star Wars? Not the movie, the defense system Regan started? Isn’t this the same thing? It will never come to fruition, billions of dollars will disappear into private company’s pockets.

[-] mrfriki@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

billions of dollars will disappear into private company’s pockets.

That’s probably the whole purpose of it.

[-] jasonwnclife@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago

Advancements in technology since Reagan’s attempt makes this more feasible today. While it is more technically feasible it is just as stupid now as it was then.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 18 points 3 weeks ago

"Let's spend a tonne of money to try to break mutually-assured destruction so we can have a whole new nuclear arms race"

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 43 points 3 weeks ago

Come on Canada, don't fall for any Trump bullshit. It has a flashy name but will be full of grift and empty promises.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago

Oh totally - remember space force from the last Trump administration ?

[-] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah how is this not bending the knee and becoming the 51 state?

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Diplomacy often means appearing to do one thing while actually doing another.

They smile and nod, get tariffs exemptions, then somehow never actually involve themselves in this shambles.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 weeks ago

If you think really hard, you may find a difference between Starwars As a Service and gargling Trump's tiny boner. It's a subtle thing but it's there if you look. It's like how when you get milk from the bodega you don't also give the clerk a handjob. Nuance.

[-] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sure buddy enjoy that trump boner. And Bodega leche with hands 😂😂😂

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

I can’t emphasize this enough: DO NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING UPFRONT

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 weeks ago

This will shackle us to the bloated corpse of the US.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

Agree. However, stalling works. Canada is great at that.

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Shhh, don't give away our secrets

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

As long as it doesn't become this era's Avro Arrow.

We should be buying European missle defense while developing our own.

[-] NotAGamer@lemmy.org 23 points 3 weeks ago

The only enemy Canada currently needs protection from is the U.S. This "golden dome" isn't to protect Canada but to keep outside support out when the U.S. finally invades. As general Ackbar said "it's a trap".

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

Not great to see from Canada.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, not great to see from anywhere.

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

I really hope they realize this is nothing more than a means of shoveling massive sums of money to the MIC with little to nothing to show for it other than a “strong economy.”

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

Do it, Canada, then stall and stall and stall on your end. Put the Canadian Golden Dome HQ in Quebec and send all communication in French. Also, use the metric system. They’ll never know what hit them. C’est magnifique

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I can't wait for the US to shoot a missile into their own land because they don't know the difference between kilos and miles

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

If I recall correctly, that’s already happened with a space mission (I think it was a Mars satellite). The EU used kilometers, which is the scientific norm anyway, and for some reason, the US used miles. The trajectory was WAY off.

[-] tartarin@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's a trap!

[-] Haus@kbin.earth 5 points 3 weeks ago

Named after Trump's wig?

[-] refreeze@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago
[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Feel sorry for our northern neighbors in all this. Whatever the hell Trump is planning that would require the golden dome defense system, Canada doesn’t want to be catching strays from the conflict. But damn, what a terrible waste of resources.

Build dat wall I guess. Idiots.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

“I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!”

…except pathetic instead of badass.

[-] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Carney just won for his anti-Trump stance. And now dude's making deals with him just a couple weeks later.

Canadians, are you pissed off?

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

We didn't vote for Carney for his hatred of Trump. If we voted for Carney's party, it was because the alternative would have already sold us out completely.

...Like, in a heartbeat. We'd already be rounding up the inuit and sending them to Trinidad or something equally as wrong. I'd be saving my money for my routine MRI coming up. We'd be dismantling the train system to make some offensive statue of Milhouse the Squatter.

Are you suggesting we'd think Carney's perfect and not merely the better of two imperfect choices? Do you know how politics works?

[-] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm going off headlines. So maybe the reality has been distorted. But as a non-Canadian looking in this is how it's been presented to us

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

People like OP are either malicious or stupid. Or bots. Rather than try to make their guy look good, they try to make everyone else look bad.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm definitely annoyed at the optics of it if nothing else, but for now I am cautiously optimistic that they know what they are doing and that this is a carefully calculated discussion.

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