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RandAlThor @lemmy.ca

12h ago

Why did U.S. — not Canadian — fighter jets respond to alleged hijacking of B.C. plane?

www.cbc.ca /news/canada/british-columbia/us-fighter-jets-bc-alleged-plane-hijacking-1.7588750

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So I wonder why we don't have an air base in BC.
- CFB Comox is located on Vancouver Island.
  
  IIRC it's mainly used for search and rescue.
  
  True, though it doesn't base F18s for this kind of mission.
  CFB Comox is the RCAF's primary air defence installation on Canada's Pacific coast and serves as the home base for maritime patrol / anti-submarine aircraft and search and rescue (SAR) aircraft, both fixed-wing and rotary-wing .
- Lack of Military funding. Nothing to wonder about.
  
  Good.
- For real, it's a bit insane that there's no air base on our country's border... Makes you wonder what would happen if we were attacked...
  
  NORAD was supposed to protect us, we just never could have guessed it would have been the US attacking us.
  
  By who, Alaska? Anything else will be spotted hours before they show up or be so much more of a problem (like a fleet of submarines) that a base or too closer to shore is pointless.

NORAD (North American Air Defence) does not differentiate.
The closest NORAD jets were in Washington State. It is not complicated.
The same thing could happen in reverse.

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