NORAD

Norad in the National Security Context

A definition and brief description of Norad in relation to national security is as follows:The North American Air Defense Agreement, signed on May 12, 1958, by the United States and Canada, created a continental air defense warning and surveillance system in response to Cold War fears of an airborne attack by the Soviet Union. The resulting North American Air/Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has since shifted strategies from guarding against long-range bombers to warning of ballistic missile attacks and maintaining space surveillance.