Canada to buy $4bn Australian radar for Arctic amid fraught U.S. ties

Moves comes amid growing global interest in remote northern region

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BAE is currently upgrading Australia's JORN over-the-horizon radar system, technology that Canada has said it intends to buy. (Photo courtesy of BAE)

SHAUN TURTON

SYDNEY -- Canada is partnering with Australia to develop a $4 billion over-the-horizon radar for the Arctic to boost Ottawa's presence in the remote northern region amid souring ties with Washington.

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