LIVE SOON: PM Trudeau to speak as questions swirl around 4 aerial objects downed over North America
In a Monday morning interview on CNN, Defence Minister Anita Anand offered no new details about the recent Canadian downing, but said that there is co-ordinated effort with the Americans underway to recover and analyze the debris located in remote and rugged territory.
"I don't really understand why, except it falls into the Canadian tradition of being very reticent to comment on national security issues," he said.Feb. 4, on the order of U.S. President Joe Biden, a U.S. fighter jet shot down what previously had been identified as a Chinese surveillance balloon, off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina after it spent a week traversing Canada and the U.S.
Feb. 12, over Lake Huron on the Canada-U.S. border, U.S. fighter jets shot down an octagonal object travelling at 20,000 feet that appeared to have dangling strings but no payload.
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