The BBC reports that in spite of previously supporting the idea, Canadian PM Paul Martin "has reportedly decided that his country would not join a missile defence system being developed by the United States."
Tests of the system - which, remember, was supposed to have been officially deployed by now - have not been going well. After a two-year hiatus (following tests widely criticised as not even vaguely resembling real-world attacks) the most recent attempts at interception both resulted in the antimissiles failing to even leave the ground.
Tests of the system - which, remember, was supposed to have been officially deployed by now - have not been going well. After a two-year hiatus (following tests widely criticised as not even vaguely resembling real-world attacks) the most recent attempts at interception both resulted in the antimissiles failing to even leave the ground.