There’s been a lot of military activity in North America over the last week. On Saturday, an American jet shot down an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered it to be taken down.
This comes only a day after NORAD shot down an unidentified object over territorial waters off Alaska’s coast and a week after U.S. forces took out a Chinese Spy balloon that was flying across the country for days.
I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023
The Pentagon says the object shot down in Canada was about the size of a small car – not similar in size or shape to the high altitude surveillance balloon destroyed off South Carolina on February 4th and recovery efforts are still underway there too.
We must make sure our military is prepared and equipped to defend against foreign threats quickly and decisively as soon as they arise. We must also ensure that our intelligence agencies have accurate and up-to-date information so they can identify potential threats before they become serious problems.
The United States cannot afford any lapses in security when it comes to protecting its citizens or its allies like Canada, who are just as important to us as we are to them. Our government must take strong action against those who violate our airspace or threaten our sovereignty with malicious intent – be it from within or without our borders – so that we remain secure from possible attacks from other nations or groups wishing us harm.
