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U.S. jet downs unidentified object over Canada

2023-02-12 10:53:29       source:Politico

February 11, 2023


President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jointly made the decision to shoot down an unidentified object violating Canadian airspace, according to statements released Saturday.


After the North American Aerospace Defense Command discovered the cylindrical object Friday evening, Canadian and U.S. jets intercepted it, and a U.S. F-22 — deployed for the third time this week — shot it down Saturday afternoon.


Biden and Trudeau made the decision to shoot down the object “out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of their militaries,” a White House statement said.


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