Today, with missiles being fired off submarines, missiles being fired off aircraft, missiles being fired from the land well beyond curvature-of-the-Earth ranges, your time is limited to respond to those types of things." "I told my team it was just a matter of time before one of these approaches North America." © Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Files"If anyone thinks you have radar coverage of the inside of Canada, you've got another thing coming." Gen. Scott Clancy, retired"That balloon, unlike commercial aircraft or even military aircraft, didn't carry any indication of country of origin. © Postmedia"Today, we would see the balloon again, but we wouldn't see it until it's almost right upon North America."