John Robson: Today’s Realities Warrant an Increased Level of Military Preparedness

A worker handles 155 mm calibre shells after the manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 2024. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

A great advantage of reading, including news, is you can do a double take. It’s all gliding soothingly by, including “Canada’s Minister of National Defence, promised $4.4 million to three Canadian munitions manufacturers this March, to research and refine processes to design and produce NATO standard 155-millimetre munitions in Canada.” Then you suddenly go, “Aaack what?”