Finland isn't a NATO member and they share a border with Russia. Russia/USSR invaded them 80+ years ago and stole 10% of their land from them (for security reasons). Sounds a lot like the Ukraine situation. Canada on the other hand has 80% of its population within 100 miles of the US border and we should build bomb shelters in case of Russians want to invade us? Depending how far we go with the bomb shelter thing, we will need a lot of them because Canada is 10 million sq km and Finland is 300,000 sq km. And then we need to bolster our 'reserves' in case the Russians (or any country other than America) decides to land their tanks either off the coast of BC or Maritimes and proceed another 4,000km to get to where our reserves will be waiting.
And then we need to fight like Ukraine??? We all admire their toughness, but what does what they are doing have to do with any situation we'd encounter? We need to 'do this' in case an evil country lands on our shores? Assuming the Americans would take a more direct route, I guess you're thinking the evil country is maybe Russia or China or ? Maybe one day the Americans will come to conquer us? I guess it's possible but for now, I think we can set that aside as something to prepare for.
If you read this lesson 3 out loud to yourself, you'll probably laugh.
This one made me think. I am not Canadian, but the Canadian Rangers sound more like a series of Civil Defense units more than an actual military force. Do they perform tasks like civilian search and rescue as well? How are communications handled? I almost see a loose network of ham radio operators on the northern frontier.
You've got the general idea. They're loosely part of the Canadian Forces, but are almost a social club of hunters in the north where there are no reserve military units. They train occasionally and assist the military when regular and reserve troops are deployed to the north: guides, Arctic survival and navigation, etc. They do also assist the communities and are a resource of authority when required for SAR and other emergency assistance – they assisted during the pandemic where extra support was required to backstop exhausted healthcare workers.
As to comms, I don't know. But, your ham radio idea is actually another facet of the Canadian defence plan that's existed for decades: the Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System (http://www.cfarsoperations.ca/public.php) which ham radio operators can join. They're an emergency adjunct to the communication system. Not sure how active they are these days, but they used to patch lonely soldiers through to their families from operations areas where HF radios were available.
This lesson #3 is nonsensical.
Finland isn't a NATO member and they share a border with Russia. Russia/USSR invaded them 80+ years ago and stole 10% of their land from them (for security reasons). Sounds a lot like the Ukraine situation. Canada on the other hand has 80% of its population within 100 miles of the US border and we should build bomb shelters in case of Russians want to invade us? Depending how far we go with the bomb shelter thing, we will need a lot of them because Canada is 10 million sq km and Finland is 300,000 sq km. And then we need to bolster our 'reserves' in case the Russians (or any country other than America) decides to land their tanks either off the coast of BC or Maritimes and proceed another 4,000km to get to where our reserves will be waiting.
And then we need to fight like Ukraine??? We all admire their toughness, but what does what they are doing have to do with any situation we'd encounter? We need to 'do this' in case an evil country lands on our shores? Assuming the Americans would take a more direct route, I guess you're thinking the evil country is maybe Russia or China or ? Maybe one day the Americans will come to conquer us? I guess it's possible but for now, I think we can set that aside as something to prepare for.
If you read this lesson 3 out loud to yourself, you'll probably laugh.
This one made me think. I am not Canadian, but the Canadian Rangers sound more like a series of Civil Defense units more than an actual military force. Do they perform tasks like civilian search and rescue as well? How are communications handled? I almost see a loose network of ham radio operators on the northern frontier.
You've got the general idea. They're loosely part of the Canadian Forces, but are almost a social club of hunters in the north where there are no reserve military units. They train occasionally and assist the military when regular and reserve troops are deployed to the north: guides, Arctic survival and navigation, etc. They do also assist the communities and are a resource of authority when required for SAR and other emergency assistance – they assisted during the pandemic where extra support was required to backstop exhausted healthcare workers.
More on the Canadian Rangers: http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/canadian-rangers/index.page
As to comms, I don't know. But, your ham radio idea is actually another facet of the Canadian defence plan that's existed for decades: the Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System (http://www.cfarsoperations.ca/public.php) which ham radio operators can join. They're an emergency adjunct to the communication system. Not sure how active they are these days, but they used to patch lonely soldiers through to their families from operations areas where HF radios were available.