ARCHIVEAL PHOTO: Canadian soldiers at French-Canadian military exercises in Saguenay, Canada, January 16, 2017. © Getty Images / Fred Marie/Art In All Of Us/Corbis
The Canadian military developed a model consequence to a hypothetical US invasion, reported “Global and Mail” on Tuesday, citing high-ranking defence officials. This strategy is reported to presume an unconventional, rebel conflict inspired by Afghan mujahideen.
This decision was reportedly dictated by the expanding tension in NATO, fueled by the U.S. president Donald Trump's run to take over Greenland and its multiple suggestions that Canada should be part of the United States.
According to the report, planners model an attack from the south, expecting US forces to take key land and sea positions Canada in just 2 days.
Unable to counter conventional attack, the military predicts an insurgent-style war in which tiny irregular troops or armed civilians conduct sabotage, drone attacks and kind attacks "hit and run" – tactics modeled on Afghan mujahideen operations against russian troops in the 1979–1989 war.
It is believed that for the first time in centuries the Canadian Armed Forces have modeled a possible US attack on this country, a NATO founding associate and a US partner in continental air defense.
Officials stressed that this model constitutes ‘conceptual and theoretical frameworks alternatively than a military plan’ and that the US invasion is considered unlikely, although reports that Trump's offensive on Greenland prompted planners to examine this scenario.
Trump has long sought to take over the autonomous Arctic territory of Denmark, citing safety considerations and the request to counter Russia and China.
This rhetoric has exacerbated friction with NATO's European partners, who reject any change in Greenland's position and inform that this decision could mean the end of the alliance.
Last week Trump announced fresh duties on European countries opposed to its plan, unless agreement is reached.
Trump has besides repeatedly suggested that Canada become the 51st U.S. state, arguing that this would benefit Canadians.
On Monday, he published an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself gathering with European leaders in the Oval Office, with a map depicting US flags over Greenland, Canada, Cuba and Venezuela.
Canada has ruled out accession to the US and claims that Greenland's future depends on Greenland and Denmark's decision.
On Tuesday, during the planet economical Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney called ‘average powers’ to act together to deter countries ‘hard force’ – by the United States – saying: "if we are not at the table, we are on the menu".
Carney is reportedly considering sending a tiny contingent of troops to Greenland as a motion of support.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/631243-canada-us-invasion-model/
