they can t. our main goal is to off-load the fuel to them so they can go off and do their mission. reporter: and those missions are critical. in february lieutenant colonel mike kendall and his f-22 intercepted a balloon just weeks after that infamous chinese balloon crossed the u.s. norad was on high alert. once we got the notification we launched, went north and just waited for direction on what they wanted us to do. it was go inspect, fly around, provide information back to norad of what we were seeing. was ind of a surprise for you to unter that kind of a vehicle? we knew the basics of what we were going out to do but it was definitely interesting and more it became real once we got up north and were like okay, there s actually something here. reporter: the big picture of potential threats to north america is captured at places like this, the long-range radar station on the aleutian peninsula. it s a big picture but some wonder whether it s wide enough. colonel briann
systems mandate tracking systems on high altitude weather and research balloons. bret: that chinese move how did you see it. it was clearly a system that they thought they could fly over the united states and we wouldn t notice we will have to have a way to identify it and track it enough of these things we can t be scrambling an f-22 to potentially shoot it down on a weekly basis. amid calls to hold china accountable for its actions, secretary of state antony blinken met with chinese officials in beijing. his initialing trip had been canceled over the incident. he told nbc news relations with china have since stabilized so long as its spy balloons stay grounded. we said what we needed to say and they made clear what we needed to make clear in terms of this not happening again. and so as long as it doesn t, that chapter should be closed. bret: some lawmakers want to keep that book open and have grown frustrated with the lack of information provided by the
brian: fox news alert now for a second straight day russian jets bullying american drones over syria skies this type dropping par sure borne flares in the flight path. what s the pentagon s response? weakness. clearly meant harass and clearly unprofessional and unsafe behavior on the part of the russians. we call on the russian forces to cease this type of reckless behavior and to behave like professional airmen i. here with his insight retired four star general and fox news senior strategic analyst general jack keane. general would that be your message for the second straight day, them harassing our drones? well, i expect the commander at sencome overseeing that area will put up f-22 intercepts to deal with the russian aircraft and make certain we re able to continue the recognizance