is it shows a degree of risk on the part of china that they would fly these so close across us territory and it s a risky venture in their answers have been very lacking. do you think politically, it signifies that they are thinking of taking more bold action there s been a lot of concern around taiwan and what is a telus? that they are doing this evenif a telus? that they are doing this even if there is one spy balloon? they have the capabilities, their satellite technologies that they could use the chosen to use this balloon technology. it is of dual use nature and is part of their technology development is commercial defence technologies for both purposes and it may be less expensive and it seems that there is
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has put us in a position where we can actually track these kinds of unidentified aerial phenomenon. created a whole new part of the department of defense called aero, which is given the responsibility of tracking and scientifically analyzing all unidentified aerial phenomenon. and making sure that service members who report these kind of sightings cannoting retaliated against, cannot be dismissed or undermined. and that it is encouraging reporting. we have already reviewed over 300 of these sightings. and the swras majority of them were balloon technology. some were drone technology. and some are still unidentified. but because we ve been doing this work over the last years, it is why we can now trace and track these different types of devices. not all of them will be recognizance devices. some will be weather devices, some will be absolutely benign. and the importance is that we actually protect our civilian
and not being truthful on the world stage and for them to tell us it s a weather balloon, it fits into the narrative we cannot trust the ccp what they re telling us and why this select committee on china is so important. neil: we ve already black listed, i think, half a dozen chinese largely tech firms, congressman, that might have something to do with this balloon technology. that list will likely go on as these boycotts back and forth go on. do you think this could get out of control? the military response notwithstanding, that the two biggest economic powers on earth could hurt each other? well, i think one thing that we need to focus on that we haven t during the biden administration over the last two years, in the indo-pacific region, neil, our like-minded allies are craving leadership from an economic standpoint. why we haven t set up a trade frame work from korea, japan, australia, new zealand, philippines and done that, i
big differences that you see? one without question is a spy balloon because when we looked at censor package, had communications and signals intelligence on it. this one didn t seem to have any but that doesn t mean it s not carrying something inside of it. we just don t know. it s very important when we get it and be able to retrieve any type of data. at least who made it. i think that there s two different ones and that goes back to third-generation warfare. are we looking at something different because the balloon technology has been worked on by the chinese for generations and they are really looking at ways to counter what we do in asymmetric way and it s very smart what they are doing. probe the united states, see what their reaction is going to be politically and militarily and then we will adjust from there because everything that you do in the military you always adjust to what is happening. my concern, again goes back that