"Many countries, Canada included, saw a change in the kind of conflict they would be involved in from the mid-90s through to the mid-2010s," says retired vice-admiral Darren Hawco, who was head of force development for the Canadian Armed Forces.Ĭanadian soldiers help a comrade, center, get on a helicopter after he was injured in an IED blast during a patrol outside Salavat, in the Panjwayi district, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 7, 2010. It wasn't replaced in part because the Taliban didn't have an air force.
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Once, Canada possessed more guided anti-tank missiles and had stocks of shoulder-launched guided anti-aircraft missiles.Ĭanada's last portable surface-to-air missile was retired in 2005. Canadian forces possess very few guided anti-tank missiles and none of the shoulder-fired variety that have been used so successfully by small mobile teams of infantry hunting and ambushing Russian armour in Ukraine.Ĭanada also lacks the shoulder-launched Stinger missiles that have been used to down Russian aircraft. The audio looks to be an intercept of a Russian officer calling superiors to report the ambush and death of regiment commander /Fyk3jao7mL- is the first major war between developed countries in a long time, and war planners everywhere are studying it closely.įor Canada, one lesson stands out. Incredible drone video of a Russian tank column ambush reportedly from 6th regiment near Brovary Region, Kyiv oblast.
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