Canadian defence officials say they must find the balloons shot down this month following the discovery of a Chinese spy balloon. Without the balloons in hand, they have very little evidence on their origins or purpose, the officials told a House defence committee Friday.
“This is going to be a difficult operation,” Maj. Gen. Paul Prévost, director of staff with Strategic Joint Staff, said. It’s like looking for “a needle in a snowbank rather than in a haystack,” he said.
