Anthony Furey: China’s ‘Unidentified Objects’ Over North America: Let’s Talk About Canada’s Defence Capabilities

A U.S. F-22 Raptor does a fly-by during an airshow at Joint Andrews Air Base in Maryland on Sept. 16, 2017. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

The initial news that a spy balloon from China was hovering over the continental United States caught many people by surprise. We’re just not used to seeing that sort of thing happen.