The tracking and shooting down of unauthorized flying objects over North America is part of joint work between Canada and the U.S., hence who pulls the trigger is not important, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Feb. 13 while visiting Yukon.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint command, Trudeau said, “which means we do things together over North America.”
Canadian and American fighter jets were scrambled on Feb. 11 to intercept an unauthorized and unidentified flying object over the territory in northwestern Canada.
“It was a very much based on the context and the situations of who was there, who had the capacity to do it before we lost the object into darkness or into situations,” Trudeau said….