Aur Space News Today

im 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 hes a fighter...

Chinese balloon that entered u.s. aur space two weeks ago. so that puts it at 40,000 feet. that make it is a possible collision hazard for commercial airliners. so that was the logic for shooting it down once it was identified as being unhabited. >> are there other civilian abouts beyond aircraft at that level? im try ing to ask and not be s naive, but how much stuff is floating around at that height? >> not a lot. but 40,000 feet is particularly over alaska one might think, jeez, alaska is way ...