https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/norad-additional-object-northern-canada/index.html

RUN TO THE HILLS

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

BBC article
US and Canada military tracks new airborne object over Canada https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64614098

Never mind.

I love Trudeau!! He's so great. So awesome. I'm sorry I said anything negative about his blackface wearing self.

This is the third incident in a week.

BREAKING NORAD following 1 object in North America, potentially spy balloons pic.twitter.com/P9LYSUcuhO

— john (@johnhackerla) February 11, 2023

Trudeau sucks but I will give him credit for making the call to cooperate with us in slapping China back at least a little.

Trudeau always gets his man.
Nelson Eddy would be proud!!

I'm not sure what the ceiling on the F35 is but the F22 has a higher ceiling than the 18s that Canada uses. They only just got their 35s this year I think.

aezmvp said:

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I'm not sure what the ceiling on the F35 is but the F22 has a higher ceiling than the 18s that Canada uses. They only just got their 35s this year I think.

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F-22 has the highest ceiling of any US fighter jet, and likely in the world. If they were at or near 60,000ft only the F-22 can live up there and engage in combat activities. It is above the ceiling of it's Vulcan cannon so can only use missiles. The short range AIM-9X with the heat/infrared tracking ability seem to be working well. An early concern with the first balloon was the ability of the missile to track that type of object as the heat signature isn't very high. The F-35A (Air Force variant) is rumored to have a ceiling of around 45,000ft but I don't know if that has been officially confirmed.

Open source stuff lists the F-22 and F-15 with a ceiling of 65k. Russia still operates the MiG-31 listed at over 80k. F-16/18/35 all around 50k

99 luft balloons …

Paid so much for healthcare that we had to shoot it down for them.

Athanasius said:

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Paid so much for healthcare that we had to shoot it down for them.

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Canada only has force projection of their military because we transport them to the theater. Use our transport planes and ships. Can't do squat on their own, has always been my understanding.

They apparently need assistance projecting all the way to Canadian airspace.

Why would it be above the range of the cannon (assuming they are at the same altitude)?

GAC06 said:

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They apparently need assistance projecting all the way to Canadian airspace.

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LOL. Too true.

The important thing to focus on here is the race of the pilot that shot it down. C'Mon man.

GAC06 said:

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Open source stuff lists the F-22 and F-15 with a ceiling of 65k. Russia still operates the MiG-31 listed at over 80k. F-16/18/35 all around 50k

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Wow, our jets suck

MiG-31 is a dedicated high altitude interceptor. Kind of a one trick pony

Seems like people are meh on using missiles.

The F22 cannon seems to be fan favorite.