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The DRB, when queried by the Joint Special Weapons Policy Committee in 1954, anticipated a possible Canadian requirement for a high-altitude anti-aircraft missile and an “anti-missile missile system to defeat tactical ballistic missiles with speeds from Mach 3 to Mach 20 and ranges of 50 to 600 nautical miles [92.6 to 1111.2 km].”
Jun 24, 2022 · The only joint operation of the Canadian and American armed forces, it was first set up to track incoming bombers laden with nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union and to provide air support to...
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In the case of the Canadian BOMARC sites at North Bay and La Macaza, Quebec, the division of labour between the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) crews and the United States Air Force (USAF) nuclear custodian and maintenance detachments was clearly spelled out. No Canadian could enter the warhead maintenance compound or building.
Navy aircraft carried the B43, B57, and B61 nuclear gravity bombs. The bombs were available in different versions with different yields—except for the B61, which has a “dial-a-yield” system. The B61 Mod 9, for example, could be set to detonate with a yield ranging from 10 to 500 kilotons.
An American long-range, surface-to-air nuclear missile developed by Boeing Airplane Company (BO) and the Michigan Aeronautic Research Center (MARC) in 1950s; produced by Boeing from 1957 to 1964.
- 0.89 m (2 ft 11 in)
- 7,272 kg (16,032 lb)
- 13.7 m (45 ft 1 in)
- 5.5 m (18 ft 2 in)
Mar 18, 2022 · Once, Canada possessed more guided anti-tank missiles and had stocks of shoulder-launched guided anti-aircraft missiles. Canada's last portable surface-to-air missile was retired in...
The Bomarc missile was designed exclusively to carry a nuclear warhead; therefore arrangements had to be made for Canada to acquire them. According to Minister of National Defence Douglas Harkness “it was unreasonable to secure the Bomarc without the nuclear warhead.”
