Canada shot down this Saturday an unknown object that violated the country’s airspace and that it was flying at high altitude, announced the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.
The artifact was detected by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad), a body made up of Canada and the US, and shot down while washing over YucónNorthwest Territory of the country bordering Alaska.
This event occurs after The United States shot down an unknown flying object over Alaska and that he knocked down a balloon of Chinese origin that was allegedly used by Beijing for espionage tasks.
“I have ordered the downing of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace,” Trudeau said on Twitter.
Planes from the United States and Canada participated in the device monitoring operation, although it was an American F-22 that “successfully fired” at the objectdetailed the prime minister, who coordinated with the president of the United States, Joe Biden.
Trudeau assured that the Canadian Armed Forces will recover the remains of the downed artifact for analysis.
I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. Thank you to NORAD for keeping the watch over North America.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023
On Friday, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, ordered to shoot and shoot down an unidentified object that was flying over frozen waters in the state of Alaska.
The White House has not given details of the origin of said object. But he did explain that it was different from the Chinese balloon that was shot down last week after flying over several US states.
The United States has accused the Chinese government of having developed, with the involvement of the Armed Forces, a “program” of balloons for espionage work and which have already flown over more than 40 countries on 5 continents.
Due to the discovery of said balloon, the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, suspended a trip that he had planned to Beijing.
China defends that the balloon that the United States shot down last Saturday was a meteorological device that “deviated from its original course” due to “force majeure.”