SpaceWar.com reports: “Canada has been holding ‘high level’ talks with its southern neighbor about joining US President Donald Trump’s proposed ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.

‘We are conscious that we have an ability, if we so choose, to complete the Golden Dome with investments in partnership (with the US). And it’s something that we are looking at and something that has been discussed at a high level,’ he told a news conference.

Trump wants a system that can defend against a wide array of enemy weapons — from intercontinental ballistic missiles to hypersonic and cruise missiles and drones — asking for it to be ready in about three years, near the end of his second term in office…”