Arctic Security News Today

youre live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news. yet another shootdown of a high altitude object. this one in the skies over northern canada. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau this afternoon gave norad the order to shoot it down and a u.s. fighter jet successfully just did that. it is not clear if it is related to yesterdays incident off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border. nor is it clear if it is relate...

welcome back to the cnn newsroom, im jim acosta in washington on this busy saturday afternoon, and we begin this hour with unsettling new development in the skies over canada. norad says it is monitoring a high altitude airborne object and military aircraft are currently operating in the area from alaska and canada. this follows yesterdays shoot down of another high altitude object, 10 miles off the northeastern coast of alaska near the canadian border. natasha bertrand joins us now. w...

In a wide-ranging address, Sen. Dan Sullivan talks resources, national security and a host of in-state issues.

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