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Ballistic Missile Defence: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

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 Canada’s 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. Pettigrew’s assertion, Canada’s BMD decision had a rich emotional content.