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Prime minister, aircraft assigned to norad successfully took down this high altitude airborne object at approximately 3:41 pm, eastern standard time. >> [speaking non-english] >> to the best of our knowledge, this was the first time that a norad operation has downed an aerial object. the object was flying at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet, had unlawfully entered canadian airspace, and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. the object was downed approximately 100 miles from

Collaboration with our partners, including the united states, norad, and other departments, canada was tracking a high altitude object over central uconn yukon. north american aerospace defense command detected this object and launched canadian and u.s. fighter aircraft to investigate. the object was visually i identified using fighter aircraft assigned to norad. >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> this exemplifies what norad is and what norad does best. and i was pleased to discuss this operation earlier today with my colleague, the united states secretary of defense lloyd aus...