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Spotlight | Canada, United States
Spy balloon incursion highlights NORAD intelligence capacity shortcomings

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North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Commander General Glen D. VanHerck.
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Commander General Glen D. VanHerck. © Rod Lamkey - CNP/Consolidated News Photos/Newscom/MaxPPP

The incursion of unidentified aircraft over North America has brought into sharp focus the need to modernise the region's aerospace defence capacities, a major investment that the US and Canada have been slow to make.

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