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Gave you earlier, and thats cyber command. they are very interested in these kind of things as well. >> i have to imagine that there were multiple assets being brought to bear on this whole situation. but let me ask you this, general, because you were just talking about this. this has been a question that stood out in my mind. what do we mean when we hear that there were mitigation efforts being made or efforts to jam the equipment of this surveillance balloon? what might that be? >> well, you k...

We had to have clear knowledge that this balloon at 60000 feet, and as large as was left in mainland china across the ocean. we had to have that warning we have the capability to sweep readers and satellites that track that for a much smaller device than what we are seeing here today. when you got days in advance. other opportunities and willing to get it into the continental united states itself. it was really quite exterminate what took place here. like i said its inexcusable. >> why did we st...

Point. so i do think this was a move to say -- by the chinese to say we want to humiliate the united states a little bit. now we have word of a second balloon heading towards south america. we have heard from the former chief of staff of the nfc that we do have the capability to intercept this balloon, to bring it down safely, and to contain it for intelligence purposes. i think thats what we should do moving forward. >> its interesting as to what our capacities are. obviously one would think th...

Is this a new technique to be developed by the chinese, a low cost and low risk as far as the capability is concerned? >> i think senator tester said something before about the people of montana worried about their privacy. the chinese have capability, the russians have capability, which certainly intrudes upon our privacy. thats gone in all practical purposes in terms of trying to hide things from them. the real question as congressman kinzinger said is what kind of capabilities does it have th...

Shoot it down. >> if they knew we were going to catch them, why would they do it? >> they may still have obtained some intelligence value from it. i think theyre also testing this capability to see how they can direct the balloon, how they can direct the surveillance aircraft to what degree they can go undetected, whats the quickest route. they have a number of objectives in fielding any capability. but ultimately, its in a treatable asset, that sort of fancy way of saying they dont really care ...

Is it time to pop that balloon? im michael smerconish. it sparked kshs about national security regarding beijing. is it more a about symbolism? secretary of state antony blinken was due to travel to china this weekend. he postponed his trip calling the infiltration a, quote, irresponsible act that created conditions that undermine the purpose of the trip. the public first learned of the balloons existence thursday while it was over montana, which is home to ballistic missile silos and bomber bas...

Familiar with the technology and what it can and cannot do and really nothing this their satellites cant see to a certain extent. its not like its some brand new fancy technology that china is showing us that they have this incredible capability. second of all, its never a positive thing to have your spying efforts exposed to the globe. so, its not a positive for china in any way, shape, manner or form. you know, so, i think it shows that china had, well, in the last year, chinas had a number of...

Forth. lots to unpack if here but, again, a wake-up call leading to the state of the union on tuesday night that china is, again, they are being very provocative here. last point is, is thermoed earnizinging their nuclear- modernizing their nuclear-capable forces to something weve not seen at least in my lifetime. that is senate. now china modernizing its navy, its air force and its nuclear reach. arthel: yeah. so, quickly, im told i have to let you go, but youre saying this and i have to ask yo...

So, to allow this spy satellite to continue its path across the continental united states is unacceptable. >> chinas whole song and dance about this being a weather balloon is about as believable as their claim that there was never a blinken trip scheduled. we know that thats not true either. but you know, lets accept for a moment the premise that it would have been too dangerous to shoot it down while its over land. theres still an opportunity, i suppose, for the biden administration to shoot i...

Want -- i want to know why we dont have that capability, especially when the administration, the defense department says that well, this is somewhat routine that these things happen. well, we should have been better prepared in that instance. i also want to explore next week when we get back to washington about the motives here. it is interesting that this happened corresponding to blinkens planned visit to beijing. this was, i think, potentially an effort to embarrass the biden administration a...