Canada’s underutilized Arctic radar advantage

Though not the primary argument, cost matters. High Frequency Surface Wave Radar delivers wide-area coverage at a fraction of the expense of aircraft patrols, with minimal personnel needs, remote operation, and long service life.
Maerospace’s high-frequency surface wave radar site at Cape Race, N.L., showing the transmit array on the right and the dispersed receive antennas on the left.

Canada is entering a period of accelerated defence investment. The new federal government has committed to NATO spending benchmarks, and operational commanders must deliver tangible capabilities quickly. Nowhere is the gap more visible than in the Arctic, where maritime awar...

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