Translation of "air intercept " (English → French) :

As soon as an air traffic services unit learns that an aircraft is being intercepted outside its area of responsibility, it shall take such of the following steps as are appropriate in the circumstances:

This is the mission of deterrence by providing a capability to actually engage a threat to North America by providing the appropriate response to an air attack through air intercept and identification, and ultimately to shoot a target down if that becomes necessary in case of war.

Is the priority Arctic sovereignty, North American air defence and air interception?

Question No. 108 Mr. Peter Stoffer: What costs has the government incurred for the strategic sea and airlift involved in deploying Canadian Forces personnel and equipment to operations in Kosovo, including the air campaign, to United Nations operations in East Timor, and to Operation APOLLO and other activities in Afghanistan, specifically: (a) what were the sealift charter costs for all three operations; (b) what were the costs incurred in rental of airlift resources for the three operations; (c) what were the costs for the interception and return of equipment caused by the MV Katie’s refusal to return to Canada until payments were re ...[+++]ceived; (d) how much money was spent acquiring precision-guided munitions from Australia for the Kosovo bombing campaign in terms of transportation and what will the return costs be once the weapons are replaced; (e) how much money was spent on strategic air-to-air refuelling to deploy the CF-18 fleet to Aviano, Italy, and to return it to Canada; and (f) how do the costs of leasing or purchasing C-17 or C-130J aircraft compare to the costs of maintaining the CC-130 fleet and of renting United States Air Force, Ukrainian air force and other airlift resources?

With headquarters in Colorado Springs, NORAD is the most sophisticated air surveillance system on earth and monitors potential airborne threats to Canada and the U.S. It is in constant communication with U.S. air force and Canadian air force units designated as primary NORAD interception units.

Senator Day: When we were in Winnipeg, the air force commander there, when wearing his NORAD hat, told us that when they are cooperating with U.S. immigration or customs and excise in the United States, it would be possible for the Canadian air force to be asked to intercept an aircraft that was possibly carrying contraband or doing something else illegal, and that that request would come through the Department of Immigration or through NORAD, which was cooperating with one of the U.S. agencies.