Canada and Australia will develop new military radar system in the Arctic [Video]

Australia and Canada are planning to jointly develop a new multibillion-dollar military radar system in the Arctic amid a global surge of interest in the region.

“Canada of course has an excellent relationship with Australia and one of the things that the prime minister confirmed is that he is looking at what we have, which is our operational radar network technology,” said Albanese.

“This is a world leading technology … and we want to export wherever possible and this will be a significant export if this deal is finalised.”

Canadian officials said that the over-the-horizon radar system will provide early warning radar coverage from the Canada-US border into the Arctic.

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