[Zvssxstw]

...something feels very wrong about this...

A Russian military plane will fly over Canada this week, taking photographs of cities, military bases and just about anything else that looks interesting.

http://news.sympatico.ca/oped/coffee...anada/33c9f6f2

If a plane bearing the red star of the Russian air force entered our airspace 30 years ago, Canadian jetfighters would have scrambled to intercept it. NORAD would have watched closely and NATO's planes in Europe might have been put on alert.
This week, a Russian military plane will spend three days as a guest of this country. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will escort the unarmed Russian Tupolev TU-154M, acting as friendly hosts.
The Russians may use video, regular cameras, infrared sensors and even a form of radar as they pass over our cities, military bases, transport hubs and industrial sites.
The visit and data collection are part of the Treaty on Open Skies, which allows signatories to take a close look at any of the 34 nations that are members of the agreement.
The goal of the treaty is to reassure all the nations that no other member is preparing a military assault or developing weapons of mass destruction.
The treaty went into effect in 2002 and this will be the eighth time a member nation has asked to make an observation flight over Canada. In all, more than 800 Open Skies flights have been carried out globally, including some by C-130 Hercules planes flown by Canadian crews.
As a member, we give up some sovereignty, but the payoff is the ability to check up on other signatories. That's more than a fair trade.
During the Cold War the world had to count on MAD: mutually assured destruction. The theory dictated that the United States and the Soviet Union would never start a nuclear war because they could not win such a war. If one side bombed the other, they could be assured their opponent had plenty of missiles and enough time to strike back. There could be no winner left standing.
Thankfully, it was a theory that worked. The fact that mankind had to count on MAD illustrates how close we were to nuclear war for so many years.
Today we have Open Skies and we can all breathe a little easier.
By opening up our skies to any member nation, we prove that we are not trying to develop weapons designed to harm them.
The process is, in a word, open.
All the photographic and imaging equipment used during the over-flights must be commercially available. That means no nation will have an advantage with regard to the quality of information gathered.
The playing field is further leveled after flight data has been collected. The treaty allows any member nation to request the data collected by any other nation, as long as they help pay costs. Members don't have to fly over every member's territory on a regular basis; they can just ask to see the material from other nations' flights.
Maybe the most surprising piece of information is that just 34 nations have signed on to Open Skies. Given its ease of use and the payoff – mutual trust – one has to wonder why more countries aren't keen to join.
Are you concerned about foreign military planes flying over Canada? Is the end result worth the risks?

[ZESINTERS]

Canada huh?
What does Canada have that soviet russia is skeptical and/or worried about?
Looks like a recon flight for millitary interest to set up a base when the time comes to invade North America.

[Vcwdldva]

Almost exactly what I was thinking. N. Amerika = Israel, too bad only innocent people will die. The rulers only use this US land as a strategic base to pilfer the globe.

[Faumpiggueria]

Remember to smile for the camera Canadians!

[Badyalectlawl]

What a bs article. Its all a ruse, why? Don't have a clue. Yet, I thought there was a bit of derision over sovereignty of the North now that the ice is thawing and tension between the US and Russia over Syria and yet we will escort spys over our country and America says squat. Bullsh*t............. if this doesn't prove they're all in it together, I don't what is. And why would Canada need to spend billions on new fighters to protect sovereignty when they're giving it away for free.

[myspauyijbv]

it's wierd.

first Russia has a military collaboration with the US, and now Canada ?

are they hear to sell vodka, or what ?