Canada is joining a U.S-led maritime force to protect commercial ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack from drones and ballistic missiles fired from parts of Yemen controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Canada's initial contribution will be a handful of personnel, two government sources said. One of the sources said these will be staff officers who will likely be assigned to work at a regional U.S. command and help with operational planning.
The ideal vessel for this maritime force would be an air-defence destroyer, able to handle threats such as anti-ship ballistic missiles, but Canada doesn't have such a capability at the moment.
This is a navy that used to have aircraft carriers
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That's about as much of a contribution as they should make considering how much of the trade there is going to Canada. Watch as Europe makes a token contribution, Asia does nothing, and Cuckmerica ends up providing 90% of the force. Somebody remind wtf our national interest in this is supposed to be.
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France and Britain will probably make a decent contribution. A Royal Navy ship has already started shooting at stuff in the red sea. Not sure what they're expecting from the Seychelles though
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Canada's West Coast is an afterthought in terms of population. We have so many goods from Asia coming through the Suez to the East Coast through Halifax or Montreal.
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Oh really? I didn't realize that was shorter than going through Panama.
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I think it's because distances closer to the equator are underrepresented.
https://ports.com/sea-route/port-of-shanghai,china/port-of-montreal,canada#/?a=0&b=0&c=Port of Shanghai, China&d=Port of Montreal, Canada
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The port in Vancouver is the largest in Canada.
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Yes but because our population is East-biased we still have a lot of shipping on the East Coast.
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Australia already refused to cooperate because they don't want to upset the Lakemba-Australians.
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Shoutout to my neighborz in the Punchbowl! Sheikh Redactor is behind you.
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