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Originally Posted by gamercube
Military power, at least as I see it, would define a country's ability to defend itself, rather than attack other countries (project force), as you seem to think.
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That's what seperates a local power with a regional/superpower. You want to meddle in other's affairs before they can meddle in yours. You want to reach out and touch someone before someone touches you. The ability to affect events half a world away is very important.
Of course Canada and US are in an extremely advantageous positon to have each other so closely related and the 2 oceans to protect the borders. That really frees up a lot of resources to develop other abilities rather than concentrate on defense against neighbors.
Then again, Mexico has almost the same geographical advantage as the US and Canada, but never developed into a force projection power.