Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says he ordered the 'take down' of the 'unidentified object' that had 'violated' his country's airspace, noting that it was shot down by a US F-22 fighter jet.
"There's still much to know about it. That's why the analysis of this object is going to be very important."She described it as cylindrical in shape but said it was smaller than the Chinese balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina in the US a week ago.
It was flying at 40,000ft and posed a risk to civilian air traffic when it was brought down about 100 miles from the border at 3.41pm EST , she added.In the US, the Pentagon said that the North American Aerospace Defense Command had spotted the object over the coast of Alaska late on Friday evening.
The US fighter jets were scrambled from the state's Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and were joined by Canadian CF-18 and CP-140 aircraft after the object crossed into Canada. Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said that the US F-22 had shot down the object using an AIM 9X missile"following close coordination between US and Canadian authorities".Mr Trudeau said that the military will recover and analyse the wreckage, adding that he has spoken to US President Joe Biden and thanked NORAD for"keeping the watch over North America".
The White House said Mr Biden and Mr Trudeau would continue close coordination to"defend our airspace", adding in a statement:"The leaders discussed the importance of recovering the object in order to determine more details on its purpose or origin."
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