Canada discusses joining the Golden Defense Program for us the dome

The Canadian government said it is holding talks with the United States on joining the proposed “golden” missile defense system, which aims to face weather threats “from the next generation.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said that there are “active discussions” between Canada and the United States on security, including current and new programs such as the Golden Dome.

US President Donald Trump revealed the new missile defense system plan earlier on Tuesday, when he announced an initial amount of $ 25 billion (18.7 billion pounds) for its construction. He added that Canada expressed its interest in joining.

There are doubts from experts about how the United States provides a comprehensive system and it is not clear how Canada will participate or the amount of its payment.

The openness to Canada comes to join the proposed golden dome system amid continuous trade and security negotiations between the two countries, after Trump threatened the sharp tariffs in Canada and said that he would be better as an American country.

This galvanized is a wave of patriotism in Canada, which has benefited from a victory in the historic elections of the liberal government in Carne.

“The Canadians gave the Prime Minister a strong mandate to negotiate a new security and economic relationship with the United States,” said Carney spokesman Audrey Chambox.

She said: “In order to achieve this purpose, the Prime Minister and his ministers are holding widespread discussions and construction with their American counterparts.”

“Of course, these discussions include promotion of NORAD and relevant initiatives such as the Golden Dome.”

But MS Champoux added that it is too early to determine what Canada could push in the program, or how it will work in the country.

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump said that Canada expressed interest in being part of the golden dome.

“We will talk to them,” the US President said. “They also want to protect, as usual, help Canada.”

Trump said that the new Golden Defense missile program will work by the end of his time in office, and that he will come at a price of $ 175 billion. He added that he is looking for his administration for Canada to “pay its fair share.”

Canada and the United States are already partner in the North American Air Defense Command, also known as NORAD – a system responsible for space, marine monitoring, warning and defending the region, which can detect and drop marine missiles.

Noard has been present since 1958, and both countries have participated in recent years in discussions to update them.

Trump said the proposed golden dome aims to target advanced air weapons, and will include space -based sensors and objections.

He said the regime will be “able to intercept the missiles launched from the other side of the world, or have been launched from space.”

It is partially inspired by the Iron Iron dome, which the country has used to intercept missiles and missiles since 2011.

Experts have expressed doubts about whether the United States would be able to build a comprehensive defensive system similarly, given the larger mass.

The BBC, the BBC defense editor, told the BBC that one of the ways in which the golden dome can work is to use thousands of satellites to discover and track missiles and then use provinces in orbit to shoot the missiles while removing and removing them.

He said that the US military would take the plan seriously, but it was unrealistic that it would be completed during the Trump term, and the huge cost would absorb a large part of the US defense budget.

The Congress Budget Office estimated that the final price may be $ 542 billion over 20 years, on the space parts of the system alone.