“I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace,” Trudeau tweeted.

Ottawa, Canada:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned Saturday an “unidentified object” was shot down over northwestern Canada, someday after US officers mentioned that they had shot down an analogous object over Alaska.

“Canadian and US plane had been scrambled, and a US F-22 efficiently fired on the object,” Trudeau tweeted.

The operation got here one week after US forces downed an alleged Chinese language spy balloon that sparked a diplomatic rift with Beijing and triggered alarm over serial intrusions into the continent’s airspace.

Trudeau mentioned that Canadian forces within the Yukon “will now recuperate and analyze the wreckage of the article.”

He mentioned he spoke with US President Joe Biden over the most recent incursion.

“Canadian and US plane had been scrambled, and a US F-22 efficiently fired on the object,” Trudeau tweeted. 

I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the article over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. plane had been scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 efficiently fired on the object.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023

The article was shot down Saturday over the Yukon, which borders Alaska, the place US fighter jets off the state’s north coast downed one other object Friday.

Search and restoration operations for the stays of that object continued Saturday however had been hindered by Arctic “wind chill, snow, and restricted daylight,” the US Northern Command mentioned in a press release.

“Restoration actions are occurring on sea ice,” it mentioned, including that the Pentagon might supply “no additional particulars… in regards to the object, together with its capabilities, goal, or origin.”

Saturday’s detection and downing of an airborne object marked the third time previously three weeks that an airship has crossed into North America.

Final month, a large balloon carrying electronics — which the Pentagon described as a spy vessel — flew over Canada and america, sparking a diplomatic dispute with China, which acknowledged possession of that plane.

That large balloon crossed into US airspace in Alaska on January 28, traversing Canada and far of america earlier than it was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean off South Carolina on February 4.

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