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Canada Turns to Australia for NORAD Radar

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

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Canada Turns to Australia for NORAD Radar

Australia is undertaking upgrades to its Joint Operational Radar Network (Australian Defense Force Photo)

Canada is turning to Australia for a more than $4 billion Arctic radar for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Canadian Over-the-Horizon Radar would leverage Australia's BAE Systems' Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN), first conceived in 1984 and now consisting of three sites in Australia that provide high frequency, wide area surveillance of ships and aircraft out to 1,800 miles. Jindalee is an aboriginal term for "bare hills." The office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on…

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