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Canada’s military is looking at ways to potentially contribute to missile defence but it has yet to figure out how it would be able to afford such a capability, according to documents obtained by the Citizen.

The Pentagon is open to having Canada play some kind of supporting role in its missile defence shield, Canadian military officers say privately. U.S. officials have expressed interest, in particular, in Canada’s potential contribution of a multi-purpose sensor system in the Arctic which would not only track ballistic missiles but ships and aircraft. That capability could be one of Canada’s major future contributions to the joint U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defence Command, or NORAD.

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Canadian defence scientists plan to conduct research into what is being termed “continental surveillance radars,” according to an April 2015 outline of research projects compiled by Defence Research and Development Canada in Ottawa. “Desired outcomes (include) enhanced interoperability with NORAD,” the document noted.