Canadian military models war plans for 'mass casualties on US' troops headed for Greenland
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U.S. President Donald Trump with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on May 6, 2025 (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok/Flickr)
President Donald Trump's threats to take over Greenland have launched the Canadian Armed Forces into military planning mode.
The Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday, “military planners are modelling a U.S. invasion from the south, expecting American forces to overcome Canada’s strategic positions on land and at sea within a week and possibly as quickly as two days."
The report explained that Canada doesn't have the personnel or equipment that the United States has to go to war, so they're envisioning some asymmetrical warfare strategies.
In one case, a small group of "irregular military or armed civilians would resort to ambushes, sabotage, drone warfare or hit-and-run tactics" against the Americans, the report said.
The goal would be to ensure "mass casualties on U.S. occupying forces," an official said.
The report went on to cite France and Britain coming to Canada's aid. The two, The Globe and Mail pointed out, are nuclear-weapon states.
"It is believed to be the first time in a century that the Canadian Armed Forces have created a model of an American assault on this country, a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a partner with the U.S. in continental air defense," the report continued.
Trump declared early Tuesday that there's "no going back" on his decision to take Greenland.
The planners believe that an American attack would not only end the partnership in NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defence Command, but would also mean the U.S. is "taking Canada by force."