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Canada Agrees to NORAD Change to Accommodate Missile Defense

August 6, 2004 :: Washington Times :: News

While still insisting it will not yet agree to be partied to the United States missile defense system, Canada has agreed to a change in the NORAD structure required for the operation of missile defenses, soon to be deployed. Canada’s consent permits the U.S. to feed data from the early warning system to would-be interceptors. Defense Minister Bill Graham insisted that Canada’s decision to go along had to be made to protect Canada’s participation in NORAD, saying that the U.S. was prepared to construct a parallel warning system without Canada if necessary, a course which would have rendered NORAD “obsolete.” (Article)

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