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U.S. fighter jets scrambled to Vancouver airport during alleged hijacking: Norad (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I think the bigger issue is why was Norad notified for a Canadian civilian issue. Air command could easily have handled things with bumping it up to Norad.

The spy weather balloons are a different issue.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah that’s a fair point—I feel like you could manage this incident with a police helicopter or something. Maybe NORAD was just bored and itching for an excuse to scramble…

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