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A global war or an intercontinental nuclear exchange is highly unlikely in the current world political climate. But as long as considerable nuclear weapons and long range delivery systems exist in other countries and a developing threat resides with potential adversaries, the possibility of an aerospace attack on North America cannot be discounted. Furthermore, the proliferation of cruise and ballistic missiles, and weapons of mass destruction, has made the post-Cold War world more, rather than less, dangerous. New generations of these weapons may be in the hands of governments or organizations which could threaten the North American continent, or American and Canadian military personnel deployed around the world. Control of North America's airspace is challenged by those who violate the air sovereignty of Canada and the United States. In addition, weapons proliferation coupled with an increasingly unstable world, increases the importance of effective aerospace warning.The greatest benefit the Canadian and US governments derive from NORAD is their ability to share the resources and costs needed for aerospace security. It would be militarily impractical, as well as inefficient, for each nation to unilaterally perfo
The need for aerospace control and warning for North America will continue into the next century. Although the level of readiness required to counter a large scale strategic attack has been reduced, in order to protect air sovereignty and to counter emerging threats, robust surveillance capabilities must be maintained. Because of the proliferation of cruise missile technology, NORAD needs to capitalize on modern technology to detect, identify, monitor, and engage small, low-observable targets. In a world of proliferating ballistic missile capabilities, subject to the agreement and tasking of the governments of the U.S. and Canada, NORAD may be the logical organization to have command and control of a ground based North American limited ballistic missile defense system. More than 20 nations currently seek or control short and/or medium range ballistic missiles and the number of nations in this category is growing. This future capability to counter a limited ballistic missile attack, or a cruise missile attack, is crucial to maintaining a credible security strategy. The changing aerospace threat to North America, and NORAD''s evolving missions, have not altered the long traditions of friendship and cooperation between Canada and the US. Shared values and interests have made the two nations friends, allies, and true partners in aerospace security. Within its present mission tasking, NORAD's primary focus has shifted from deterring a massive nuclear attack to peacetime aerospace control for North America. NORAD has continually shifted its missions to adjust to political-military realities, and this has contributed to NORAD's longevity as a viable and responsive binational defense institution. As future technological and geopolitical changes transform the world of the 21st century, NORAD will evolve to continue to be the preeminent defensive arrangement safeguarding the homelands of Canadians and Americans. Fort Wainwright in Alaska is the site of one of the Alaskan radar system radar sites. rm NORAD's missions and functions. In Canada's case, although aerospace control would be possible, the mission of air defense in depth would be difficult due to the country's large land mass and relatively small defense force.
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Approximate Word count = 1608
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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