no means yes exposing canadian complicity in the “ballistic missile defense” weapons development...

No Means Yes

Exposing Canadian Complicity in the “Ballistic Missile Defense”

Weapons Development Program

Richard SandersCoalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)

http://coat.ncf.ca

“The reports of my death

are greatly exaggerated”

Mark Twain

“Canada says 'no' to missile defence: Martin” CTV.

“Canada won't join missile defence plan” CBC.

“It's no to missile plan” Toronto Star

“Canada shuns US missile system” BBC (UK)

A few headlines on the alleged demise of BMD

“Canada Rejects Missile Shield Plan” Washington Post (US)

“Canada refuses to join US missile defense program” Xinhua (China)

“Canada won't join U.S. missile defense system” Asian Political News (Japan)

Obituary NoticeOttawa — After a long and painful illness of protracted protest, the whole debate about Canada’s potential role in BMD met an abrupt and fatal end today. In lieu of flowers, the government kindlyrequests that all

Generic Daily News, February 24, 2005

Canadians (especially peace activists) let the issue rest in peace and accept its word on faith that Canada is not already involved in, and will not join, the massive, U.S.-led “missile defense” weapons development program.

"Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."

"The pure

and simple truth

is rarely pure

and never

simple.”

Oscar Wilde

Not-so-pure-and-simple truth

• Canadian government• Canadian war industries• Canada’s armed forces

Complicit in the• Creation• Design• Research• Development• Testing• Maintainenance• Operation• Deployment

U.S. and NATOBMD weapons systems

By “Just SAYING No,”the Canadian government

• Killed public debate

• Quelled anti-BMD protests

• Hid its existing complicity

• Dissipated dissent in Liberal Party

• Shored up support for faltering minority government

Portrait of the Activist as a Young Man

Frank McKenna, Canada's Ambassador to U.S.

Media conference, February 22, 2005

"We're part of it [BMD] now,

and the question is:

What more do we need? . . .

I believe we've given in large measure what the Americans

want . . .”

“The U.S. has . . . decided to proceed with deployment of a

missile defence system.

This is their right, and we understand and respect their

decision . . .

After careful consideration . . . we will not participate in the U.S. ballistic missile

defence system.”

Pierre PettigrewMinister of Foreign Affairs

House of Commons February 24, 2005

“We are announcing today that Canada will not take part in the proposed ballistic missile defence system . . .

Let me be clear, we respect the right of the United States to defend itself and its people.”

Prime Minister Paul Martin

Outside House of

Commons

February 24, 2005

“No” to what exactly?

Then-Opposition leader Stephen Harper

“The government has managed to announce it is in missile defence

and not in missile defence in the

very same week . . .

What further participation

is it that the PM said no to?”

“He now wants the world to know he

said no to something

. . .

do us the honour of telling us

exactly what it is that he

said no to.”

“That is the kind of decisiveness we get. We still do not know what they have said no to.”

“The Prime Minister's use of the word ‘no’ is like Bill Clinton's use of the word ‘it.’

Regardless of what the Prime Minister now

claims, we are irrevocably part of missile defence.”

Gordon O'ConnorFormer Conservative Defence

critic,Now Minister of National

Defence

House of Commons February 24, 2005

“Ottawa won’t be

taking part in the U.S.

ballistic missile defence

system…”

We're not saying we don't agree with the U.S. . . .

We're not being judgmental here

We respect their choices.”

“We're not prohibiting the development of it. We respect the American choice . . .

I would be very pleased if Canadian business can

contribute . . . that's very good

Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre PettigrewThe House, CBC Radio

February 26, 2005

Mock WarheadsThese cheap balloon decoys, like false words,

can easily overwhelm and deceive our defences.

The term “Missile Defense” is a Linguistic Shield . . .

. . . cleverly designed to protect the largest weapons-development program in world history.

Swordand

Shield

“I am pleased that Congress and the Department of Defense

Bottom-up Review have prioritized our development and fielding of BMD systems.

We all agree Theater Missile Defense

is the top priority.”

General Charles A. Horner• Commander-in-chief, NORAD Command• Commander, Air Force Space Command• Commander-in-chief, Space Command

Senate Armed Services Committee April 20, 1994

NorthAtlantic Treaty Organisation

March 11, 2005: two weeks

after the Canadian

government’s phoney "no" to

BMD, NATO publicly admits

that it is building its own

“deployable theatre missile

defense capability to give

protection to troops against

incoming missiles.”

Two incarnations of NATO’s BMD project:

CAESAR and MAJIIC

1995: a few NATO members began

integrating technology for Theater Missile

Defense

1999: Canada officially joined and began

providing the world’s only satellite system used in the project,

RADARSAT.

Canadian Space Agency

The CSA considers RADARSAT to be its

crowning achievement.

RADARSAT cost Canadian taxpayers about $1.2 billion.

RADARSAT-2 will target alleged weapons sites during first-strike

attacks in TMD operations.

Departments of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Industry Canada

Department of National Defence

David Pratt, Minister, DND (2003-2004)

Assured U.S. of Canada’s commitment to:

“increased government-to-government and industry-to-industry cooperation

on missile defence”

• Funds R&D of “missile defence” systems• Joined “missile defense”-related war games with U.S. and NATO• Building interoperability for participation in future “missile defense” operations

DRDC Annual Report, 1998-1999, page 24

Defence Research and Development Canada

National Research Council

The Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) project is:

“a key contributor to the

collaborative work with the

Ballistic Missile Defence

Organization . . . [and has]

significant implications for

future exploitation to support

U.S. Space-Based Infrared

Surveillance Systems,

surveillance from space and

missile defence applications.”

Dr. HC Liu

Lockheed Martin (US)Boeing (US) Northrup Grumman (US) BAE Systems (UK) Raytheon (US) General Dynamics (US) EADS Netherlands Honeywell (US) Halliburton (US) Finnemeccanica (Italy)United Technologies (US) L-3 Communications (US) Computer Sciences (US)General Electric (US)Rolls-Royce (UK)Mitsubishi (Japan)

Through the CPP, we are

forced to invest billions in

war production, including the world’s top weapons industries

Canada Pension Plan

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Canadian

War Industries*

* Never refer to these companies with the

euphemistic adjective:

“defence.”

Massachusetts, US Alaska, US California, US

ATCO Frontec Corp

Thule, GreenlandFylingdales, UK

Provides operations and maintenance support services

for world’s most important “missile defense” radar stations.

AUG Signals Ltd

Produces equipment for target recognition.

Used for “early missile warning,

detection recognition and tracking,

anti-ballistic missile defense.”

Micronet News (October 2002)

Government funding:• Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council• Defence Research and Development Canada• Department of National Defence • Canadian Space Agency

Dr. George A. Lampropoulos, CEO and President, AUG Signals

One of “Top 50 people in the Capital”Ottawa Life Magazine (March 2005)

Bristol Aerospace Ltd

Produces rockets used as targets to test

“missile defense” weapons systems

Excalibur

Two-stage, ballistic missiles

used as targets in U.S. “missile defense”

weapons testing and training exercises

since 1999

Black Brant

Creation of this missile funded by Canadian government in 1957.

Used since 1998 for “missile defense”

weapons tests

CAE Ltd

Produces at least three computer simulation products used by Boeing to develop new-and-improved “missile defense” weapons systems

STRIVE

One of the world’s top war industries, CAE has been heavily subsidised by Canadian taxpayers, including about $200 million from Industry Canada.

CMC Electronics Cincinnati One of world’s leading subcontractors for

electronic components in rockets used to test “missile defense” weapons systems

• 1998 - 2004: CMC EC controlled by ONEX Corp, Canada’s 4th largest company• ONEX run by Canadian billionaire Gerry Schwartz, who was Paul Martin’s top fundraiser

Heather Reisman (CEO Indigo-Chapters), Martin and Schwartz

COGNOS Inc Since 2001, has provided “business intelligence solutions” for Boeing,

the “primary systems integrator” for the entire “missile defense” program

Cognos software handles “all aspects” of Boeing’s:• Financial and manufacturing operations• Indirect and direct cost management• Financial planning• Staffing management• Factory management

COM DEV Ltd

• Canada’s largest exporter of satellite communications equipment• Major supplier for military satellites • Lists “missile defense” as one of the uses of its products• Only Canadian company thanked in Vision for 2020

• Leading producer for military satellite communications program • Liberal government gave more than $550 million to this project • Essential for fighting nuclear war and for using “missile defense” weapons systems

DRS Technologies IncSIRIUS Naval Infrared Missile Defense System:

• Detects, tracks and targets missiles

• Funded since 1995 by Canadian and

Dutch governments

• Developed for use on Canadian,

Dutch and German warships

• DND providing $270 million by 2009

• Three DRDC facilities have collaborated on it

“Our work on the SIRIUS program, has positioned DRS as a key supplier of

systems for missile defense that are critical for Canadian and allied international fleet operations.”

Mark S. Newman, Chair, President and CEO, DRS Technologies

EMS Technologies Canada Ltd

In 2001, Forbes business magazine highlighted it

as one of three “Star Wars Stocks”

most likely to benefit from Bush’s support for “missile defense.”

Its top clients are the “Big Four” “missile defense” contractors:

Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman

Formerly part of Spar Aerospace,

Canada’s largest space company:• prime contractor for RADARSAT-1• top subcontractor for RADARSAT-2.

ITS Electronics Inc THAAD

Over $1 million from three Canadian government agencies: • DRDC• Industry Canada’s Technology

Partnerships• National Research Council

EKVTHAAD

Since 1999, government funding has resulted in low-phase noise amplifier (targeting) products

used in two major “missile defense” weapons

Lockheed Martin Canada Ltd

LMC is a subsidiary of the world’s • Number 1 war industry• Number 2 BMD contractor

Since 1998, LMC has supplied VISTA for the US Navy’s AEGIS weapons system:

• VISTA is a weapons training and simulation system (paid for with $90 million from Canadian taxpayers)

• AEGIS weapons are the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s “missile defense” weapons program

AEGIS Weapon SystemSM-3 launched from

USS Lake Erie during a

Missile Defense Agency Ballistic Missile Defense

weapon system test

RADARSAT-2

MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates• Canadian taxpayers have paid about 90% of the $1.2 billion for RADARSAT-1 and -2• RADARSAT-1 data used by U.S. weapons during Yugoslav, Afghan and Iraq wars• RADARSAT-2 will target alleged missile sites for first-strike attack in future wars• Such pre-emptive “counterforce operations” are part of Theater Missile Defense

When the Canadian government privatised RADARSAT-1 and -2, giving them to MDA, it was 100% owned by Orbital Sciences, a top U.S. BMD weapons contractor.

All global and U.S. sales of RADARSAT data were licensed to ORBIMAGE, a U.S. subsidiary of Orbital Sciences

ORBIMAGE then filled its executive

positions with retired U.S.

Air Force officers who had spent

decades promoting

“missile defense” programs for the:• Strategic Defense Initiative Organization• Ballistic Missile Defense Organization• Missile Defense Agency

In 2000, pro-BMD politician , David Emerson, joined MDA’s Board

Meggitt Defence Systems Canada

Since 1999, Meggitt Canada has sold these

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles,

to the U.S. Navy

Used as targets in at least 17 “tracking

and missile firing events”to test AEGIS

“missile defense” weapons

Meggitt Canada is the“Canadian Centre of

Excellence for Targets and Unmanned Vehicles”

“The Vindicator”

A “missile defense” target system

NovAtel Inc2001-2003: NovAtel sold “missile & space systems”

for “R&D, test and evaluation” of BMD

GPS beacons used in “military applications such as . . . missile tracking” (NovAtel’s 2003 Annual

Report)

“Real warheads in an attack would not carry such helpful beacons”

Pentagon official, 2001

In 2001, physicist Nira Schwartz,

blew the whistle on faked BMD tests. She was fired the

next day.

In 2001, ONEX, led by Canadian

billionaire Jerry Schwartz, took control of

NovAtel

In 2002, Industry Canada gave $17 million to CMC (NovAtel’s parent), adding to more than $100 million in previous government handouts.

QWIPTECH

Infrared sensors for detecting and targeting BMD weapons and

distinguishing missiles from decoys

HC Liu, a senior scientist

at Canada’s NRC, joined

QWIPTECH’s “Scientific Advisory Board” in 2000

Dwight Duston, QWIPTECH’s

top scientist since 2000, previously

worked for Reagan’s

SDIO and was the BMDO’s

Deputy Director of Technology

In 2001, it acquired “an exclusive worldwide license” for QWIPs developed with BMDO funding.

Telemus Inc

Produces the “Coho simulator family,” a “Radar Target and Electronic

Countermeasures simulation” system used by weapons designers to develop and test

targeting “seekers”in the warheads of BMD weapons

• DRDC funded its first contracts in the mid-1980s and then transferred patents and licensing agreements

• Owned by Northrop Grumman, one of the “Big Four” BMD contractors

Coho

Coho

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“It ain't what you don't know,

that gets you into trouble.

It's what you

know for sure,

that just ain't so.”

Mark Twain