Editing Air Defense Anti-Tank System (section)

=== Canada ===

The ADATS entered service with the [[Canadian Forces Land Force Command|Canadian Army]] (in 1989<ref>https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/adats.htm www.fas.org (as of 9 July 2013)</ref>) as a mobile, M113-based system.

The first systems were deployed as part of Canada's [[NATO]] contribution in West-Germany. Thirty-six systems were delivered by 1994.<ref name=Armytechadats /> The cost of the system was initially $650 million.  Over the life of the project, total cost reached $1.1 billion.<ref name=DevoirMilliard />

After their return from Germany, Canadian ADATS systems were only operationally deployed once: In June 2002, they were used to defend the airspace of the [[28th G8 summit|G8 summit held in Kananaskis, Alberta]]. Canadian ADATS were never operationally deployed in [[Bosnian War#UNPROFOR and NATO|Bosnia]] or [[International Security Assistance Force|Afghanistan]].<ref name=DevoirMilliard>{{cite news|last1=Castonguay|first1=Alec|title=Défense: un milliard jeté à l'eau|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/271713/defense-un-milliard-jete-a-l-eau|access-date=10 June 2015|work=Le Devoir|date=5 October 2009|language=fr}}</ref>
As of 31 March 2011,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rheinmetall.ca/en/rheinmetall_canada/company_1/history/history.php |title = Rheinmetall Canada - History}}</ref> the ADATS has been withdrawn from Canadian service with no planned replacement announced.<ref name=DevoirMilliard /><ref name=FOBADATS>{{cite web|last1=Lert |first1=Frédéric |title=ADATS : une fin sans gloire… |url=http://forcesoperations.com/2012/04/18/adats-fin-sans-gloire/ |website=Forces Operations Blog |publisher=Forces Operations Blog |access-date=9 June 2015 |language=fr |date=18 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610174839/http://forcesoperations.com/2012/04/18/adats-fin-sans-gloire/ |archive-date=10 June 2015 }}</ref>

Canadian acquisition of the ADATS system was marred by a scandal relating to the purchase of the land where assembly of the system was to take place. The property had been bought and sold several times over a short period of time and its price inflated before it was sold to Oerlikon. It led to the resignation of Minister of State for Transport [[André Bissonnette]] who had been directly involved in the land deal, and several criminal accusations.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=John F.|title=SCANDAL IMPERILS MULRONEY'S HOLD|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/25/world/scandal-imperils-mulroney-s-hold.html|work=The New York Times|date=25 January 1987}}</ref>