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[Harvie Andre on NATO Low Level Air Defence]
Series title:National Press TheatreHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1986-06-12Item number (ISN):42534Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADA. NATIONAL PRESS THEATREAccession:1986-0602Media:SoundProduction date:1986-06-12Production company:National Press TheatreDescription:Press conference held by Harvie Andre, Associate Minister of National Defence, to announce the government's approval of a new Low Level Air Defencesystem. In opening remarks, Andre outlines the Armed Forces' rationale for this new air and land defence capability to be built by the Oerlikon Bureau of Switzerland and its subsidiary, Oerlikon Aerospace Canada, in response to evolving threats and in accord with North Atlantic Treaty Organization requirements. He introduces Colonel David Hampson, in charge of the LLAD project, and Brigadier General Terrence A. Liston, Director General of Information, Defence Staff, DND, who assist in responding to questions on: the Air Defence Anti-Tank System missile; the cost of the project; the capacity of the new weaponry; whether government cutbacks will affect the project's budget; and Canada's defence role in Europe. <40mn> Subjects:ARMAMENTS~CANADA~MILITARY AIR DEFENCES~PRESS CONFERENCES ~ANDRE, HARVIE~HAMPSON, DAVID V.~LISTON, TERRENCE A.Language:English / FrançaisDetailed holdings information: -
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