Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered a US warplane to shoot down an unidentified object that was flying high over northern Canada
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau said he ordered a US warplane to shoot down an unidentified object that was flying high over northern Canada, acting a day after US planes took similar action over Alaska.
On Twitter, Trudeau said: “I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled, and a US F-22 successfully fired at the object.”In a second tweet, Trudeau said: “I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyse the wreckage of the object. Thank you to Norad for keeping the watch over North America.
According to US Northern Command, recovery operations continued today both near Deadhorse, Alaska, and off South Carolina. It said the Alaska Command and the Alaska National Guard, along with the FBI and local law enforcement, were conducting search and recovery.
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