Is the US going to Annex Canada? by force? or just destroy the Canadian Econ for fun

[summit]

I bought Canadian (coffee) today at the store

[Cruiser]

They grow coffee beans in Canada?

[bennymac]

Rogue Wave out of Alberta has a great selection if you’re into really good coffee beans.

[riser4]

My eldest kid likes Kicking Horse Coffee.

[XXX-er]

My eldest kid likes Kicking Horse Coffee.



ya I like the kick ass blends always available at safeway often on sale, its probaly too dark to be chi-chi but you gotta drink what you like

[petey_]

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. What are you waiting for America? Jesus? Oh wait, Jesus is coming, look busy.

[riser4]

My eldest kid likes Kicking Horse Coffee.



ya I like the kick ass blends always available at safeway often on sale, its probaly too dark to be chi-chi but you gotta drink what you like

He says that he's only found the better blends in Canada. And tgat the ones available at least here in VT are their lesser works.

[liv2ski]

I know there is a flaw in my logic, but in an age of hypersonic missiles why do people invest in surface ships, when they can logically be taken out very easily? And what is a surface Navy going to do to Canada?
Sure the US could overrun them but then it goes gorilla warfare and the US has never won a battle like that. And then the rest of the world condemns the USA like Russia. Great thinking folks.

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[summit]

Hypersonics against ships aren't the end all be all.

Hypersonics have been around for a many decades. Traditionally they've come in a couple varieties. The most notorious is probably the Russian Kh-22 of which the original design is 57 years old. The Soviets planned to use them in saturation attacks against carrier groups. The US has been countering the threat for that long with a variety of means.

Hypersonic effectiveness in an antiship role is still a burning question. Most/all are not actually hypersonic in their terminal phase because ships move and maneuver, and even if an adversary has good targeting data for a ship before launch, you absolutely need terminal guidance. Missile seeker heads cannot see through plasma sheaths. That means they must slow down to probably the Mach 2 range.


The question continues to be one of killing archers, jamming, and defensive missile magazine depth vs the enemy ability to locate, target, and launch many missiles.

Submarines... that is the scary bit. We were fools to retire S-3B.

[jono]

I know there is a flaw in my logic, but in an age of hypersonic missiles why do people invest in surface ships, when they can logically be taken out very easily?

Missiles aren't intercepted by catching up to them. You launch the interceptor from the target and let the missile do the work. Faster = straighter, so the challenge is more timing and tracking.

That said, yeah, Canada should be looking to increase your bang for the buck, probably by partnering with Ukraine on weapons development. It probably makes more strategic sense to spend the money on next generation weapons that won't be available immediately than to just sign orders with Raytheon, like Trump expects. Weapons that work against Russia would be the best deterrent against any likely threat.

[ötzi]

I'd be funding and partnering with Ukraine on drone development if it was me.

[XXX-er]

The kick ass that is labeled espresso is lighter and I like the dark so I drink what I like ... not what the espresso nazi's tell me to



an american abassador in a sound bite suggested canada should spend money on icebreakers to patrol the canadian arctic would eat up 2 % of GDP pretty quick but the Fuggee n fentynal thing hasnt even been mentioned as of late so its bulshit right Since we are talking about missles,





Some of you had wondered in the tire thread if Nokians are made in Russia ? So the Kal tire guy ( exclusive Nokian dealer ) told me he attends 2 Nokian seminars a year and the factory got blown to bits/ 48 killed so they don't make em in Russia anymore, itseither USA or Finland

[Trackhead]

The only violence that is/will occur between Canada and the US is at hockey games between players at puck drop. Maybe the fans on a bad day if someone had too much to drink.

[XXX-er]

2 billion in cross border trade per day, Trump is so fucking stupid and the 2 countries are so fucking intertwined I kind of doubt this will go very long cuz you can't make an american car or a canadian car but you can make a north american car here was a woman on the CBC last week who was into some kind of metal fabrication close to the border, she said that Americans just had to eat the tarrfit last time if they wanted the product so they did

[dan_pdx]

I'd be funding and partnering with Ukraine on drone development if it was me.

Not nuke development?

[jono]

I'd be funding and partnering with Ukraine on drone development if it was me.

Same. I would expect they have some more secret programs than we'd know we about, too, but that certainly seems a logical starting point.

It would be interesting to see what would happen if Canada looked to attract a plant for a Raytheon etc. too.

[ex-powderbroker]

Nokian opened a new factory in TN which is where the tires we get in north america are from now.

Most Michelin X Ice are made in Nova Scotia and they’re better than the Nokians.

[XXX-er]

well the canadan dollare i usually 70 to 75 cents on the American dollar and so your president is so fucking stupid he couldn't handle it I think there is some aerospace in Canada but I am not sure where

[paulster2626]

Wish he would just implement the tariffs already and stop talking about it. I'm getting blue balls up here.

[XXX-er]

I think Trump will just keep wanking around threatening becuz what he is threatening is just as stupid for America as it is for Canada and so he doesnt really want to piss offf all kinds of congressmen that need to answer to their people




but then nobody on either side can really plan to do anything but nothing



those stupid fucking premiers and the JT going to Mari-lago with their hat in their hands before he was even the fucking pres was beyond dumb, canada should have sent 1 only diplomat and it should have been Freeland cuz Trump hates her

[LeeLau]

https://angusreid.org/shopping-shift...anada/Shopping Shift: Four-in-five say they’re buying more Canadian products in face of tariff threat"Breaking this down into more specific actions, the scale of potential change is evident. Four-in-five (78%) are committing to buying more Canadian products overall, while three-in-five (59%) say they’ll boycott U.S. products.Travel is also in the crosshairs of Canadians. Half (48%) say they will cancel or delay plans to enter the U.S. Canadian airlines and travel companies are reportedly already feeling the financial impact of this trend." Good. Lets see if this lasts

[XXX-er]

most of them are not smart enough to figure it out " muh president said life would be better " when clearly its not gong to be





Canadians are canceling VaCa's left and right to the tune of 2 billion lost and saying fuck you America





HUGE will be the car companies not be able to build cars in SWO/ midwest becuz you can only build a north americn car but you can't build a Candain or Americna car




so clearly everything is going to be fucked on both sides

[bad dancer]

This from a friend of mine on FB. I think a lot of people are doing the same."Well we bit the bullet and cancelled our US Spring Break trip. Just can't do it in good conscience. Got a good chunk our our money refunded but sadly (and ironically) Air Canada is penalizing me. Full refund on Alaska Airlines, go figure. We'll probably eat $3k US but won't spend a dime more there and will get better value elsewhere. Love hotels.com, just click "cancel" and get your refund! If anyone is in AZ March 29 they can have our 4 Diamondback tickets and maybe even a hotel room which we prepaid and cant cancel."I say go one step further and call the US house representative as a Canadian and tell them this is what we did and go fuck yourselves. At some point people are going to be pissed. It may be small but fuck that orange shit tard !

[XXX-er]

Canada is a huge fucking country on the map but 90 percent of the Canadians live within 100 miles of the 49th or some ridiculous figure SO what kind of special genius decides to fuck with this





It will phuck up so many voters in the midwest I still think he might be bluffing or just not realize what he is doing but we will see

[summit]

Well, Trump is cutting the US Defense budget by 40% so I guess no invading