Canada to Spend $273M on Air Defence, Drones for Latvia Mission: Defence Minister

Canada to Spend $273M on Air Defence, Drones for Latvia Mission: Defence Minister
National Defence Minister Bill Blair responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa in this May 1, 2020 file photo. Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press
Jennifer Cowan
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Ottawa will spend more than $273 million to obtain new military equipment to safeguard Canadian troops deployed to NATO’s Canada-led Battle Group in Latvia.

The federal government is spending $227.5 million for a short-range anti-aircraft system from Saab Canada Inc., and $46 million for counter-drone equipment, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced in a Feb. 15 press release.
Jennifer Cowan
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Jennifer Cowan is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.
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