Her idea caught fire. Mavis Wiley was one of hundreds ... Prime Minister John Diefenbaker agreed to accept 56 Bomarc missiles from the United States. Ottawa later discovered the missiles were ...

While the missiles were never used to strike a foreign target, one did explode in its New Jersey shelter. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Tech At the height of the Cold War, the United ...

The presence of U.S.-built Bomarc anti-aircraft missiles on Canadian soil was the ... “That means that we are just a decoy to draw fire,” said Diefenbaker. To reporters, he was exultant.