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Canada Just Bought Israel's Iron Dome Radar Technology
Canada's Armed Forces has purchased radar technology that is part of Israel's famous Iron Dome, the missile system tasked with shooting down Hamas and Hezbollah rockets — and it plans to deploy it within Canada. The system will be produced in Canada by Rheinmetall Canada, a domestic arms company and subsidiary of the German military and car technology enterprise, in conjunction with the Israeli firm that first developed the technology.
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This is interesting because the iron dome shield is only effective against rockets but not missiles. That said, who does Canada expect to be shooting rockets into the country? North Korean submarines coming in from across the pacific?
It's just the radar technology that's used with the Iron Dome. The article is sensationalized.
The article's title is sensationalized. They're buying a radar system that's part of the famous (and famously ineffective) Iron Dome. The contractor itself is a German company. Most likely this is to be used in the Arctic.