much an emergency these balloons are. and how everything needs to be shot out of the sky basically as soon as we see it. but maybe we need to cooler jets here. literally. joining us now is shane harris, intelligence and national security reporter for the washington post. shane, thank you for being here. but the balloon as a science experiment is something that s happening in middle schools all over the country. and now maybe we re using f-22 fighter jets to shoot them down. is this the new normal, do you think the pentagon has to adopt a new political posture, a new posture because of politics on the chinese balloon? , well as sad as i feel for some of the students whose balloons were shot down, and the search for them has been suspended apparently in canada. so, how much do your science if they re not gonna go looking for it. , now i think that the pentagon is a very awkward position that there and as you pointed out. where they re scrambling jets, and the reason why we should sa
joining us now is shane harris, intelligence and national security reporter for the washington post. shane, thank you for being here. but the balloon as a science experiment is something that s happening in middle schools all over the country. and now maybe we re using f-22 fighter jets to shoot them down. is this the new normal, do you think the pentagon has to adopt a new political posture, a new posture because of politics on the chinese balloon? , well as sad as i feel for some of the students whose balloons were shot down, and the search for them has been suspended apparently in canada. so, how much do your science if they re not gonna go looking for it. , now i think that the pentagon is a very awkward position that there and as you pointed out. where they re scrambling jets, and the reason why we should say that they re spotting these balloons. they ve recalibrated the radars,
time. it was a great hands on science experiment that s made easy, because boone s like this are cheap, and easy for civilians to get their hands on. you can buy a ha altitude balloon for as little as $12. an illinois high altitude balloon hobbyist group that uses balloons like these, has come forward to say, that their balloon which they were using to float ham radio transmitters, went missing. it was last spotted over the yukon territory in alaska, on the same day that the u.s. government shot down an unidentified object a similar description, altitude, and location with a lockheed martin f-22. so, there is a non zero chance that the u.s. government used a 400,000 dollar missile to shoot a ham radio transmitter on a 12-dollar balloon, out of the sky. today president biden confirmed that other than the initial chinese spy balloon, the three other mystery objects to the u.s. shot down were likely scientific, or civilian balloons. publics jumping up and down over how
went missing. it was last spotted over the yukon territory in alaska, on the same day that the u.s. government shot down an unidentified object a similar description, altitude, and location with a lockheed martin f-22. so, there is a non zero chance that the u.s. government used a 400,000 dollar missile to shoot a ham radio transmitter on a 12 -dollar balloon, out of the sky. today president biden confirmed that other than the initial chinese spy balloon, the three other mystery objects to the u.s. shot down were likely scientific, or civilian balloons. publics jumping up and down over how much an emergency these balloons are. and how everything needs to be shot out of the sky basically as soon as we see it. but maybe we need to cooler jets here. literally.