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So, here's my defense plan for Canada. Basic philosophy: it is unsafe to wait for an attack.
1. Get public confirmation from NATO that Article 5 applies even if the aggressor is also a NATO member.
2. Send an ultimatum to Washington demanding a public acknowledgement of Canadian sovereignty by the President and confirmation of non-aggression.
3. In the absence of that acknowledgement, sever diplomatic ties, close the borders, and embargo trade. Blow bridges, tear up roads and rail lines.
4. Evacuate Canadian civilians from the border area; probably 300km or more. Yes, this is where most Canadians live.
5. Declare a security corridor of 300km on the other side of the border, in US territory. Any military activity in that area is a sign of imminent aggression and will prompt a defensive strike.
6. If anything occurs, surge forward and take territory. Keep any war on US soil, not in Canada.
@evan I thought that step 3 was ridiculous, and then step 4 was “evacuate the greater golden horseshoe.”
@smiteri yeah, we are not really set up for an invasion! Having 2/3 of your population on the enemy's border is not a recipe for success.
Have you thought about this? How would you defend Canadian sovereignty from a US invasion?
@evan As far as I can tell, it’s not doable. They can hit everything we have from the air.
If they send a very small task force to seize a power plant or something, we can shoot them. Anything more than that quickly requires recourse to science fiction.
Your steps 1 and 2 are about it.
@smiteri yes, long-range bombers can hit anywhere in Canada. Short-range ones can hit pretty deep.
Moving our people away from the border lowers that risk, though. And maintaining a security corridor inside US territory to make it harder to keep up a bombing campaign may help too.
But our cards are not great. Our best advantages: very long borders, huge territory, European and maybe Asian allies, big dependence by the invader on our energy supply.
And morale.
@smiteri a big mistake, I think, would be to make big concessions in hopes of staving off an attack -- concessions that would weaken our already slim ability to retain sovereignty. So, turning over control of key sectors of our economy, like energy, or even worse control over government or the military. If we know it's coming, we need to get ready, and not try to buy peace from an aggressor.