US fighter jet shoots down 'unidentified object' over Canada - DW News

[TexasTowelie]

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an 'unidentified object' has been shot down over Canada.

Trudeau said he gave the order, which was carried out by a US fighter jet over the Yukon region of northwestern Canada. It's the third time a high-altitude object has been shot down over North America in just over a week. Last Saturday, the US brought down a Chinese balloon it said was being used for spying.

And on Friday, it shot down another unidentified object over Alaska. Canada's defense minister says while little is known about the latest object to be shot down, it will be fully investigated.

[NullTuples]

3. It was hung from a balloon + other info (see link below)

"Chief of the Defence Staff Gen Wayne Eyre asserted a balloon was again involved as the object’s means of transport"

https://cabinradio.ca/120820/news/politics/norad-jets-shoot-down-small-cylindrical-object-over-yukon/

[getagrip_already]

2. Ooooh boy, I can hear the wingnuts shrieking now....

Canada ordered a us warplanes to shoot down a target...

Ordered.

That will cause a freak out.

[NullTuples]

4. It was a US-flown NORAD jet

https://cabinradio.ca/120820/news/politics/norad-jets-shoot-down-small-cylindrical-object-over-yukon/

[getagrip_already]

5. Exactly, but most people, and all fox hosts, don't know it multinational....

It's under the command of both the us and Canada, and Trudeau could order a response (which likely still needs a nod from the us).

But just wait until the nutwing wurlitzer starts to relealize a Canadian could order a us jet to shoot something down.