National Defence committee  I am trying to get the sense of your question. Are you talking about a satellite in space defending against incoming—

National Defence committee  What NORAD modernization is meant to be doing is a system-to-system approach using surveillance that is satellite-based, land-based, under the sea and above the sea. It has to be all-encompassing to be effective. Instead of using a stovepipe approach to look at each domain, the AI and the technology allows us to have them all interconnected.

National Defence committee  We don't have a voice to be in the conversation or not.

National Defence committee  A big majority of the funds for the NORAD modernization were for infrastructure. I think they're looking at it in a green way. Everything that is being looked at is towards the goal of the emissions target, the gas emissions. It's going to take longer, again, but I think it needs to be done.

National Defence committee  We have aircraft that do anti-submarine warfare right now with the CP‑140 Aurora and the Cyclone, so from the air to under the sea, yes, it does exist.

National Defence committee  Yes, there's definitely research being done and products being delivered to provide ASW in an unmanned platform right now.

National Defence committee  Are you talking about an airborne response?

National Defence committee  If a station runs out of fuel, this is where the tanker comes into place, bringing fuel from the south and staying with the fighters on station for as long as possible. The more you have, the more you stay airborne, because you can have a rotation of tankers that relieve tankers, and then you have a rotation of fighters relieving fighters.

National Defence committee  No.

National Defence committee  There are two ways to look at it. One is that it affects our ability to respond. The other is that at least we can do it one month of the year. We cannot do anything right now.

National Defence committee  It depends.

National Defence committee  It depends on what the U.S. wants to do with their interceptors.

National Defence committee  I think anything like that is subject to negotiations among the countries and the will of the government in question.

National Defence committee  It's their choice.

National Defence committee  Are you talking about joint operations in the north?