• Canada will spend $3.8 billion over the next six years to modernise its continental defences.
• The upgrade is part of an alliance with the United States through the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Canada will also put in place a nationwide system called “Crossbow” to spot incoming threats.
• The NORAD revamp also includes a space-based surveillance system that can identify threats from around the globe.

Canada will spend $3.8 billion over the next six years to modernise its continental defences as part of its alliance with the United States through the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and “to protect Canadians from new and emerging threats,” Defense Minister Anita Anand announced on Monday.

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As part of the upgrade, Canada will construct a new radar-warning system to detect “who or what is entering Canadian airspace from the north,” as per a news release from the Department of National Defense.

Canada will also put in place a nationwide system called “Crossbow” to spot incoming threats and buy updated air-to-air missiles that can attack threats at short, medium, and long ranges.

The NORAD revamp also includes a space-based surveillance system that can identify threats from around the globe.

As per the military minister, the Canadian government will invest about 31 billion dollars over the next two decades to strengthen its continental and northern defensive systems.

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