good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we go directly to the pentagon and the briefing on the china spy balloon. because we do not have internet or phone capability in this area of the pentagon for a variety of reasons, our normal call-in options will not be available. for those who have had to call in, we apologize for the inconvenience. however, we will aim to get our briefing transcripts and the audio up as quickly as possible. we will aim to answer your questions through our dod press desk when you send them to us. moving forward, we will look at ways to improve our briefing operations and the facilitation and expect that our regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. again, we appreciate your patience and flexibility and extend our thanks to the department of the air force for allowing us to use airman s hall as our temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a very productive series of meetings in
Amid Rising Regional Tensions, Japan Bolsters Self-Defense Forces in Okinawa
theepochtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theepochtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
satellite as it comes out of an orbit. i think what they re trying to do is make sure they deal with this very thoroughly but also do it in a manner that s not going to cause any type of unnecessary harm or damage to people and to facilities here in the united states. as long as i ve been covering our missile deployment, we have a number of missile bases in the central part of the united states and out west. this balloon could be collecting a lot of intelligence. indeed. by the way, not just intercontinental ballistic missiles in north dakota, as you know. you have probably flown in one of them, the long-range strategic bomber. two legs of the triad up there. there s a saturday night live quality to this. particularly the line when pressed on where is this, which is an answerable question. he said, the american public can look up in the sky and see it.
the border, seemingly poised to invade ukraine, if nato doesn t repeal some of its recent, what they view, as encrouachment on previous post-soviet space of sphere and security. as you pointed out in your introduction, it could be missile deployment. potentially, maybe not in places like eastern europe, where it s extremely sensitive, because, of course, we ve had allied presences in places like the baltics. that is crucial to maintaining their independence. because they are only a couple hundred clokilometers away frome russian border. but perhaps in places like the black sea. there could also be discussions about conventional arms control. there are three sets of meetings that are set to take place over the course of the week. the big one being in brussels with that russia/nato counsel meeting that will take place mid-week. before that, we ve got a geneva summit with diplomats on both sides. and later on the week, the ose where ukraine will be alongside
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.