“Canadian and American aircraft were mobilized, and an American F-22 successfully fired against the object,” said the head of the Canadian government, a week after an American fighter shot down a alleged Chinese spy balloon that caused a diplomatic incident between Washington and Beijing. Trudeau said in turn that he spoke with the US president, Joe Biden, and that the Canadian forces “will recover and analyze the remains of the object”according to the Europa Press agency.
The United States had shot down a high-flying object yesterday over Alaska, which was “the size of a small car,” according to John Kirby, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, without giving details about its nature or origin. He further pointed out that, as it was flying at an altitude of around 12,000 metres, it posed “a threat to the safety of air traffic”.
The spokesman added that “We don’t know who it belongs to, whether it’s a State or a company. We don’t understand the purpose.” Biden gave the order to destroy it “this morning”, and was shot down in the early afternoon, he said.
According to Kirby, the US administration learned the night before of the presence of this object, whose remains fell into icy waters in northern Alaska, near the Canadian border. Kirby further specified that unlike the Chinese balloon, this object did not appear to have a propulsion system or controls that allow it to moveindicated the AFP agency.
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Last Saturday, The United States shot down the alleged Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean that had been flying over the country for several days, in an incident that led the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to postpone a visit to Beijing. China, which protested the shooting down of the balloon and considered a “disproportionate” reaction, ensures that the balloon was for civilian use, for meteorological research, and that it entered US airspace because, due to the winds, “was deviated from its trajectory.”
In the last days, U.S. officials said the device “clearly” had equipment to spy on. and that it was part of a fleet deployed by Beijing to the five continents to “surveillance operations”.
Source: Ambito
