Can Canada Remain Sovereign?

[CNP]

Originally Posted by trooper

So if Putin is going to build a mil base in the arctic, I think he would have the same problems manning that base that Airbornedeerhunter mentioned? Or is the Russian soldier so much better than ours are?

There is a lot of infrastructure in the Russian Arctic. There are over a million people up there in large cities. There are more people in the Russian Arctic than are in Saskatchewan. Murmansk has an open water port all year round. There are 16 deep water ports in the Russian Arctic. Canada has 0..............Churchill at 68 degrees N is the closet thing we have. The arctic in Russia and Canada are not the same. It's not even a discussion to send the army to the Arctic...........the navy and air force yes.........................not the army. Take a look at the coast lines of N Russia vs N Canada...........not comparable. For some reason when people start to say we should have bases in the north they automatically think army..................What?

[CNP]

Originally Posted by CNP

There is a lot of infrastructure in the Russian Arctic. There are over a million people up there in large cities. There are more people in the Russian Arctic than are in Saskatchewan. Murmansk has an open water port all year round. There are 16 deep water ports in the Russian Arctic. Canada has 0..............Churchill at 68 degrees N is the closet thing we have. The arctic in Russia and Canada are not the same. It's not even a discussion to send the army to the Arctic...........the navy and air force yes.........................not the army. Take a look at the coast lines of N Russia vs N Canada...........not comparable. For some reason when people start to say we should have bases in the north they automatically think army..................What?

Edit............Churchill at 58 degrees N...