Canada needs to get on with NORAD modernization

The cost for NORAD modernization is unknown, with estimates currently ranging from $30-billion to $90-billion.

A CF-18 Hornet aircraft from 3 Wing Bagotville, pictured March 20, 2021, arriving at Thule Air Base, Greenland to take part in Exercise AMALGAM DART, North American Aerospace Defence Command’s Arctic air defence exercise.Photograph courtesy of DND/Master Cpl. Gary Calvé, Canadian Armed Forces photo

Opinion

BY Nicolas Todd

May 30, 2022

“NORAD modernization is the unfinished chapter of Strong, Secure, Engaged (SSE),” asserted Defence Minister Anita Anand at a recent conference hosted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The minister has pledged to produce a “robust package” of options to modernize NORAD to meet tod...

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