Ottawa: The war in Ukraine has exposed the ability of the Canadian army to fight and survive on the battlefield. This has led to Canadian troops rushing to buy new military equipment.
Lt.-Gen. Joe Paul, newly-appointed commander of the Canadian Army, said that the Canadian army wants to buy anti-tanks, anti-aircraft missiles as well as systems to protect against drones.
At the same time, the army is also in a hurry to buy a long-range accurate missile system, because it is because of such a system that Ukraine was able to fight a glove with the Russian army. “At the moment, our focus is on this,” Paul said.
Five years ago, when the Liberal government released its defence policy, there was no mention of buying a new weapon system for the army. But Paul said that it was only after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February that the Canadian military did not have the equipment and its shortcomings were exposed to us.
At the same time, Paul said that the Canadian army also needs to achieve the need of the time and the most modern equipment.