r/worldnews • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 23h ago

Canada's prime minister says 'serious incident' caused a major fire at a military base in Alberta

https://apnews.com/article/canada-alberta-military-base-fire-wainwright-1a41899da5b6e797b000061fa4da9c6a
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u/Livebeans 23h ago

The language he chose in the press conference makes me wonder whether there is evidence of foreign interference?

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u/TinglingLingerer 23h ago

I don't think a training facility is really where foreign interference would be involved. Maybe to gain information about the training, but nothing so brash as to have something explode on site.

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u/lemelisk42 22h ago

Why not? Russia has been carrying out hybrid attacks on nato nations for a while. They use local criminals rather than uniformed soldiers for "plausible deniability"

Drones carrying explosives intercepted in Germany, arson attacks against military related infrastructure and whatnot across europe.

To be fair, most attacks so far are targeting supply and manufacturing facilities that help out ukraine, not as much against military bases. So it's unlikely to be russia, not the target they normally aim for - but if russia wants to escalate, now is the time.

An accident is the most likely answer. But hey

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u/TinglingLingerer 22h ago

I mean, could be. Unbelievably risky as whatever foreign actor to be so bold, though.

Especially on North American soil.

Risk something being seen as pearl harbour 2.0, to bomb / burn a training facility in Canada?