I didn't really know that Canada had such a problem with Russian fighter jets. Apparently the Canadian air force intercepted Russian jets en-route to scope out Canadian air space. But this is not the first time, the Canadians have to repel the Russians 12-18 times a year since 2007.
Why is this? No one knows for sure, but some speculate that it is because Russians still want to be relevant, and flying jets into Canadian air space with nukes is one way to get attention. Another reason is because Russia might see Canada as a competitor for the Arctic region. Apparently the Arctic region has vast untold wealth contained within it. This region is so valuable that even the Chinese leader (China does not border the arctic region does it?) stated that since China has 20% of the population in the world it deserved 20% of the arctic region.
Regardless the Russians aren't doing anything but making people angry, they better be careful with their strategy.
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