A U.S. fighter jet shot down an 'unidentified object' over central Yukon on Saturday as part of a Norad operation, an act Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he ordered after the object violated Canadian airspace.
A U.S. fighter jet shot down an "unidentified object" over central Yukon on Saturday as part of an operation with Norad, the joint Canada-U.S military organization responsible for airspace defence.
"President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau commended NORAD's and U.S. Northern Command's strong and effective partnership and agreed to continue their close co-ordination to detect, track, and defend our airspace."that she discussed it with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "and reaffirmed that we'll always defend our sovereignty together."
"To the best of our knowledge, this was the first time that a Norad operation has downed an aerial object," Anand said. Although Anand did not refer to the object as a "balloon," Eyre did make reference to one when he said the aircraft, which were under the direction of the Canadian Norad region, received instructions that whichever jet had the "first best shot to take out the balloon had the go ahead.", is pinpointing the location of the debris, Anand said, while the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police are working on the recovery.
Prior to the press conference, Conservative MP and foreign affairs critic Michael Chong criticized the federal government for having to rely on a U.S. jet to take down the object. "While we cannot discuss specifics related to these activities at this time, please note that NORAD conducts sustained, dispersed operations in the defence of North America through one or all three NORAD regions. NORAD is a United States and Canada bi-national organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America."
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