Guerrilla ways: According to a media report, Canada’s military is growing a response mannequin for a attainable US invasion | EUROtoday

In gentle of renewed statements by US President Donald Trump a couple of US takeover of Canada, the Canadian military has developed a mannequin for attainable responses to a US invasion, in line with a media report. The mannequin relies on ways comparable to these utilized in Afghanistan by the Mujahideen or Taliban in opposition to the Soviet or US armed forces, the Canadian every day newspaper “Globe and Mail” reported on Tuesday, citing two high-ranking Canadian authorities officers.

As the newspaper reported, the mannequin is a “conceptual and theoretical framework, not a military plan.” The two authorities representatives, who weren’t named, imagine it’s unlikely that Trump would truly order an invasion of Canada.

According to the eventualities thought-about by the Canadian Army, within the occasion of an offensive, US forces would have the ability to overcome Canada’s key strategic positions in lower than per week and even as little as two days. In this case, the Canadian backlash may take the type of an insurgency involving ambushes and guerrilla ways.

Canada has neither the required variety of troopers nor the subtle tools of the US Army to repel a traditional assault by the US, the Globe and Mail quoted authorities officers as saying. Therefore, the army is planning unconventional warfare through which small teams of “irregular military personnel” or “armed civilians” would resort to ambushes, sabotage, drone warfare or hit-and-run ways.

Trump retains placing strain on Canada

After his re-election in 2024 and through his first months in workplace, Trump repeatedly referred to the US’s northern neighbor because the 51st state and stated Canada would profit from a merger. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney clearly rejected Trump’s territorial ambitions final May.

On Tuesday night time, Trump revealed a picture generated with synthetic intelligence (AI) on his on-line service Truth Social that reveals him behind his desk within the Oval Office. Next to him is a map exhibiting US territory extending to Venezuela, Canada and Greenland, suggesting a whole US takeover of the international locations.