later as it entered canadian airspace. and it might be that the f-22, which is incredibly sophisticated fighter jet, was decided to be the best option in this case, they had fired the missile and took it down. we also don t know how fast this object was moving. if it was moving slowly, they will be a variety of ways they could ve taken it down, it s not like it was a fast-moving enemy fighter jet or bomber or some kind of missile. but it is interesting how sort of seamlessly it seems to have worked between the two countries. it doesn t seem to be any disagreement that we know of at this point. but we re both very much concerned about this. and by the way, the canadian minister of defense was just in washington yesterday, meeting with secretary of defense austin, and no doubt the chinese air balloon was on their agenda, and the defense of north america s airspace was absolutely on the table, when they were having their
The Department of Defence claimed two US F-22 fighter planes and Canadian CF-18 and CP-140 aircraft tracked the object until it drifted into Canadian territory.
airspace. norad command shut down the object over the yukon. canadian and u.s. aircraft scrambled and the u.s. f-22 successfully fired at the object. he tweeted i spoke with president biden this afternoon, canadian forces will now recover and analyze wreckage of the object, thank you to norad for keeping watch over north america. good evening, i am jon scott. continued coverage of breaking news tonight on the fox report. this latest news comes just one day after the u.s. military shot down a different aerial object on orders from president biden after it entered u.s. airspace over alaska. meantime off the coast of south carolina recovery efforts for the chinese spy flight are now on hold because of rough weather conditions. let s get back to lucas tomlinson at the white house the latest for us.
hello everyone. i am alicia menendez. a new hour of american voices, and we begin with breaking news. just hours ago, a third on and fight object was shot down over north america. canadian prime minister justin trudeau tweeted that norad successfully downed the using a u.s. f-22 fighter jet. the prime minister also announced the canadian and u.s. forces will work together to recover and analyze the objects wreckage. short time ago, the pentagon issued a statement saying that president biden spoke with prime minister trudeau, authorizing u.s. fighter jets to work with canada to bring down the kroft. the statement also reveals that the u.s. detected the object over alaska late friday night, and continued to monitor it as it crossed canadian airspace. now, at any moment, we expect an update from canadian authorities about the situation. joining me until we get that visual out, nbc s dan de luce
20 degrees right now in uncritical territories, hard to recover this stuff. once again, is the second time a foreign object has penetrated u.s. airspace and one that was shot down yesterday over alaska and one today in canada, both penetrated u.s. airspace without being detected offshore. concerning development. jon: both the u.s. and canadian aircraft went after this because the f-22, where they different zones to cover? how does that work? the u.s. air force has experience shooting down the object based on the two for two average in the last week, it is clear u.s. air force will take the lead. fifth-generation fighter jets top-of-the-line fighter jets, very familiar taking down these objects so most certainly that