President Biden and the USA military did the right thing. Passivity of such insults to our national security is not the direction to take. If this has been going on for some time, the question is why? A blind spot is one thing, but, any deliberate order to look the other way to keep the peace is something entirely different.
China is Russia's ally. What else is there to know?
By Allison Pecorin
The downing of a third high-altitude object (click here) -- this one over Canada, on Saturday -- only increases the urgency for Congress to get to the bottom of what appears to be a previously unknown surveillance program by the Chinese, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.
In an exclusive interview, Schumer told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos that "the bottom line is, until a few months ago, we didn't know of these balloons."
The suspected Chinese reconnaissance program also existed during the Trump administration but was only recently discovered by the U.S. intelligence and military communities, according to Schumer.
"It's wild we didn't know, isn't it?" Stephanopoulos said.
"It is wild that we didn't know, absolutely," Schumer said, adding, "Now they are learning a lot more."...
The downing of a third high-altitude object (click here) -- this one over Canada, on Saturday -- only increases the urgency for Congress to get to the bottom of what appears to be a previously unknown surveillance program by the Chinese, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.
In an exclusive interview, Schumer told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos that "the bottom line is, until a few months ago, we didn't know of these balloons."
The suspected Chinese reconnaissance program also existed during the Trump administration but was only recently discovered by the U.S. intelligence and military communities, according to Schumer.
"It's wild we didn't know, isn't it?" Stephanopoulos said.
"It is wild that we didn't know, absolutely," Schumer said, adding, "Now they are learning a lot more."...
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Octagonal, eh? The Chinese have a long history flying octagonal objects with a low radar profile. These objects have also been sighted over Bermuda.
Officials say this time the airborne object was at 20k feet and octagonal in shape. Radar detected something over Montana and Wisconsin and Michigan. Unknown if it had surveillance capability. Pres Biden ordered this 4th object shot down.
China is monitoring the world because it believes he has a right to do so considering they have port cranes in every country on Earth. China does not have a right to monitor the world. It is a blatant disregard of a country's sovereignty.
'Octagonal' object shot down by military aircraft over Lake Huron, US officials confirm (click here)
Another high-altitude object was shot down Sunday, this time over Lake Huron, three U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News. According to one of the officials, the object was shot down by a U.S. military aircraft.
This is a developing story and will be updated
At 2:45 p.m., a U.S. Air Force F-16 fired a sidewinder missile at the objects, the Pentagon said in a statement Sunday.
"Its path and altitude raised concerns, including that it could be a hazard to civil aviation. The location chosen for this shoot down afforded us the opportunity to avoid impact to people on the ground while improving chances for debris recovery. There are no indications of any civilians hurt or otherwise affected," North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement.
A senior administration official told ABC News that President Biden directed Sunday's object be shot down "out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of military leaders."...
