The Canadian Armed Forces’ top commander says the mission to modernize and revamp Canada’s military should proceed “as fast as possible” in response to Russian threats and aggression toward NATO.
“I think that process needs to be accelerated,” Gen. Wayne Eyre told CBC Radio’s The House.
Eyre pointed to several areas where the Canadian military falls short, including ground-based air defence and an aging stock of anti-armour weapons.
“I believe we need to put those types of tools into the hands of our troops to ensure that we are ready for the threat that’s out there,” he said.
“The armed forces that we have
