Canada’s military will be providing Ukraine with satellite imagery even though it’s facing a critical shortage when it comes to acquiring such surveillance data for its own use, according to documents obtained by the Citizen.
The Conservative government received a request from the Ukrainians in September to provide the imagery from Canada’s Radarsat-2 satellite and concluded an agreement “so they can better track Russian and separatist troop movements with a caveat that information not be used for targeting purposes,” Defence Minister Jason Kenney said Thursday.
But Department of National Defence business planning documents for 2014-2015 show the Canadian Forces has warned it …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
