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Is this more frequent that we are aware of? even just one they werent going to tell us but dart of those local folders revealed to the nation. how often does this happen you think? >> i would dare say not as often and frequent as people think. this one stuck out for a reason because we sought early we saw it coming. we knew what was underneath. paler than the capabilities underneath that balloon that stuck out. i can guarantee if you asked that question got an honest answer that is what they say...

Would be fairly small and thats going to be tougher to find having splashed down in the ocean. >> thats right and ideally would understand their optic capability is an electronic communication interception capabilities and maybe even the data stored resume really encrypted but if you can decrypt it, you know what they are collecting exactly over our continental land of the united states. jon: founder and executive director of national 30 institute, thank you for joining us. >> thanks. jon: for m...

>> reporter: experts say these balloons can fly at altitudes of 60,000 feet to 15 miles above earth. we asked what the capabilities might be. >> cameras for imaging sensitive sites, other sensors that can collect signals intelligence like eavesdropping on your scel phone. zbl >> reporter: with military satellites have sophisticated capability, what would a spy balloon have? >> they can fly at low altitudes and hang out and loiter other sites, whereas satellites are in orbit rotating around the e...

Intelligence gathering campaign against the united states. they have satellites that operate 24/7. trying to collect information. there, they do major work in terms of cyber online. some folks might remember a few years ago a data breach of a pm. that took thousands, tens of thousands of americans personal information. they operate with human intelligence. so these balloons, it is not really clear how much value added there is to them. there is some belief, again, that hovering over they can get...

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So how concerned should americans be about the possibility of war breaking out with china? i mean the fact the u.s. defense secretary traveled to the philippines to formally increase u.s. military capabilities there, what does that signal? >> well, it signals that the relationship with china remains very tense, and obviously the secretary of state, tony blinken, is going to be going there this week. and thatll give us a further sense of just how tense the relationship is. but its pretty clear th...

Firstly, what are your thoughts about those comments from the cia director? i think there is nothing surprising about that. china has been the threat for the united states for over a decade. what is really surprising is how we have the sense of urgency only now in 2023. i sense of urgency only now in 2023. ., ~ 2023. i mean, thinking particularly _ 2023. i mean, thinking particularly about - 2023. i mean, thinking. particularly about china, 2023. i mean, thinking i particularly about china, i me...

Potential second balloon incident. now, we dont know and they dont seem to know whether thats a different or a new balloon or a second one or a second citing -- sighting of the same one. >> montana and canada is very close. politicians have said china is the biggest threat that is we face and suddenly we find the chinese balloon floating above a u.s. military space. lets bring in our counter intelligence, bill, it is great to have you on here. one, maybe two balloons are not quite sure. what do ...

Thats right, there has been several examples in the past few years, including, were told by the pentagon, the past administration, when the chinese sent similar balloons into the united states to carry out the surveillance. so what are they looking for? as you know, montana, sparsely populated, thats also one of the reasons that the u.s. keeps one of the parts of the nuclear try it in montana. there are fields of siloed, nuclear ballistic missiles in montana. the pentagon says that this balloon ...

Of the nuclear silo that we have in montana, for this highly sophisticated capabilities of satellite. >> are you buying this explanation from the pentagon, they are not shooting this down because of safety concerns. if we had balloons going over in china, it would be down in eight seconds. >> thats correct. i think the pentagons solution to this may be ongoing and i think it is a living narrative because there are options on the table. we also want to be able to see two things, technically, what...