i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. air space. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a high altitude object hovering ten m miles off the coast of alaska. last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. j joining me now to discuss is retired air force lieutenant general, he was the first chief of intelligence, surveillance and he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principle attack planner by operation desert storm commander of no-fly operations over iraq in the 90s. these days he s the dean of the mitchell institute for aerospace studies. general, thank you for coming back to the program. so what is norad s responsibility and the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, michael, it s good to see you again 37 it s been quite a week for the commander of north american air defen
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