CFB Suffield

Canadian Forces Base Suffield (CFB Suffield ), is the largest military base of the Canadian Forces and is also the largest Commonwealth military training base worldwide. The base is located about six kilometers north-northwest of the city of Suffield, Alberta, Canada. On the base, the Canadian Research Agency, Defence Research and Development Canada Ministry of Defence has a research center to be developed on the new technology for the military. Operators of the base is the Department of National Defence.

Location

The base is located southeast in the province of Alberta and north-northwest of the town of Suffield, and 50 km north of Medicine Hat and about 250 kilometers southeast of Calgary.

History

Chemical weapons

Due to the invasion of the Nazi German Empire in Algeria, the British military was looking for a new training and testing grounds for various research and experiments. 1941 offered the Canadian government on a little -populated area of ​​the UK Government. The Canadian government bought from the site of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Hudson 's Bay Company. 452 people were moved for pulling, so that the site could be used for military purposes. The research in the research began in June 1941.

Terms and Units

The site is still used as a research and training facility. The base is located outside the nearest inhabited areas. Several warning signs are erected around the base and indicate dangerous ammunition, weapons, and biological weapons that could strike outside of the area can.

Today, several units are located at the base:

Defence R & D Canada - Suffield

The Defence Research and Development Canada ( DRDC ) has eight research centers in Canada. One of them is located on the military base. DRDC Suffield has the largest Laboreinrichtugnen for the exploration of new biological weapons for the military. Also located at the base in a test center for new technologies in the fields of Engineering, Mobility Systems and weapon systems.