Ballistic Missile Defence: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Autor(en): Brian Lee Crowley, Alex Wilner
Journaltitel: Frontline Defence
Ausgabe: 5
Publikationsjahr: 2013

Nearly 10 years ago, Canada formally rejected a U.S. offer to jointly develop the technology and procedures to defend North America from attacks by long-range missiles - a so-called Ballistic Missile Defence or BMD. In February 2005, then Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew called Canadas decision not to participate 'final' and 'based on policy principles not sheer emotion.' This was a classic example of the official announcement optimistically attempting to rewrite history as, contrary to Mr. Pettigrews assertion, Canadas BMD decision had a rich emotional content.

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