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Why doesn’t Canada just go nuclear and proliferate nuclear technology to any country which the US imposes tariffs upon? If you’re a country with free will, play

• bluefirebrand 2y ago
  Because we don't want to throw gas on an already rough situation? There is no need to go scorched earth immediately, it hasn't even been a day yet
  • jmpman 2y ago
    Powering down the North Warning System seems like another option? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Warning_System https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Warning_System
• skeaker 2y ago
  The endest-endgame should probably be avoiding a nuclear apocalypse, and distributing nuclear arms would go counter to that.
• defrost 2y ago
  Canada already made that choice, sided with the British and provided plans and materials to the United States that initiated and sustained the Manhatten Project. They are the OG's of nuclear weapons proliferation. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/location/canada/ https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/location/canada/ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and-the-manhattan-project https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and...
  • dredmorbius 2y ago
    There's also the Avro CF-105 Arrow fighter jet cancelled, it's widely understood, under US pressure in 1959: <https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/09/19/long-secret-canadian-intelligence-sealed-avro-arrows-cancellation-new-paper-says/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/09/19/long-secret-canadian-...> <https://theaviationgeekclub.com/magnificent-failure-the-story-of-avro-cf-105-arrow/ https://theaviationgeekclub.com/magnificent-failure-the-stor...> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow>
• pvg 2y ago
  Because Canada is an NPT signatory as are most other countries which grants them access to most nuclear technology.
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