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How do you dismantle an underground bunker? DND studying how to decommission North Bay hole
The Department of National Defence (DND) is looking into how it will dismantle an underground bunker in North Bay, Ont. The complex is located 180 metres below surface and was meant to accommodate up to 400 people for more than a month, in the event of a nuclear bombing during the Cold War.
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Posted: Apr 18, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 18
An underground bunker at CFB North Bay hasn t been used since 2006. Now the Department of National Defence is studying how it can be fully decommissioned and dismantled.(Supplied by Canadian Forces Museum of Aerospace Defence)
NORTHCOM says U.S. must defend interests in the Arctic
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Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck participates in a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. VanHerck is nominated to be general and commander of the U.S. Northern Command and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI | License Photo
Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, left, and Army Lt. Gen. James H. Dickinson participate in a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. VanHerck is nominated to be the general and commander of the U.S. Northern Command and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and Dickinson is nominated to be general and commander of the U.S. Space Command. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI | License Photo
North Korea may resume nuclear, ICBM testing: US intelligence chief
Posted : 2021-04-15 09:30
Updated : 2021-04-15 09:30
Avril Haines, director of the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 14. AP
The top U.S. intelligence official on Wednesday maintained that North Korea may resume its nuclear and long-range missile testing as part of efforts to drive wedges between the United States and its allies.
Avril Haines, director of national intelligence (DNI), testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee. For its part, North Korea may take aggressive and potentially destabilizing actions to reshape its security environment and will seek to drive wedges between the United States and its allies, she said at the Senate hearing.
U.S. Must Get ‘On the Field’ in Arctic to Defend National Interests There BY C. TODD LOPEZ, DOD NEWS
As changes in climate affect ice melt, opportunities are developing in the Arctic for both resource development and transportation. Russia is already there defending what’s theirs and seeking out new opportunities. China is a player as well, as a “near-Arctic nation.” But the U.S. is going to need to develop more “persistence” in the region if it wants to be a player there, according to the commander of U.S. Northern Command.
“To compete in the Arctic, you have to be on the field,” said Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, who also commands the North American Aerospace Defense Command, during a hearing yesterday before the House Armed Services Committee. “And currently, our capabilities, I would assess that we’re in the game plan development [stage]. We’re not able to have the persistence that I need to compete day-to-day in the Arctic.”