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Canada Expands Drone Production Amid Ukraine Partnership (www.kyivpost.com)
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Canada plans to invest at least C$2.3 billion ($1.8 billion) over five years in military drones and counter-drone systems, according to its proposed 2026 federal budget, as Ottawa expands defense cooperation with Ukraine.

The funding would allow Canada’s Department of National Defense to accelerate the development, procurement, and deployment of unmanned systems and technologies designed to counter them.

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Canada and Ukraine also reached agreements on joint drone production, military assistance and air defense support.

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[–] 9 points 20 hours ago* (1 child)

Only five years ago we were teaching them how to dig in defensive positions and ambush invaders. Now they're teaching us how to fight a war in modern days.

Is that how proud parents feel like?

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  • [–] 6 points 19 hours ago

    I think that’s how a proud alliance should feel.

    I don’t look at Ukraine as a child state, I see them as our cousin, but the kind of cousin who you wrestle with and teach new moves to and learn from.

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