US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China

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73. They certainly won't tell us that

(at least right away )

There was an article at one of the Canadian TV sites that I posted elsewhere in this thread that mentioned "high resolution cameras" -

Canada tracked suspected Chinese spy balloon over Canadian airspace since last weekend: sources
Tom Yun

Tom Yun
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Updated Feb. 3, 2023 10:33 p.m. EST
Published Feb. 3, 2023 8:43 p.m. EST
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The suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was found floating over sensitive military sites in the western United States had been tracked by Canada's government since last weekend as it passed through Canadians airspace, sources tell CTV News.

Canadian officials have not publicly stated whether the massive high-altitude balloon entered Canadian airspace. But sources told CTV News it had passed over the Canadian Arctic, Alberta and Saskatchewan before it was spotted over Montana on Thursday, as it flew over a nuclear launch site. Sources told CTV News it was tracked the entire time it was in Canadian airspace.

After being flagged by Norad, the joint U.S.-Canadian agency responsible for air defence in both nations, U.S. fighter jets investigated the balloon and determined it wasn't fitted with any weapons, but was equipped with high-resolutions cameras.

Even though Canadian officials had known about the balloon since the weekend, the Department of National Defence only confirmed it had been tracking the balloon late Thursday night, after the U.S. had announced the spotting of the balloon.

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-tracked-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-over-canadian-airspace-since-last-weekend-sources-1.6259770