Morning Jolt: Red Zeppelin: What Are We Willing to Do about China’s Spy Balloon?

On the menu today: The tense U.S.–China relationship is about to get even more tense, as Beijing throws us another curveball in the form of a massive spy balloon currently floating over Montana. The Pentagon reportedly thought about shooting it down, but was concerned that action might risk lives on the ground.

Watch the Skies

This is probably not the news you expected to wake up to on Friday morning:

An intelligence-gathering balloon, most certainly launched by the People’s Republic of China, is currently floating above the United States, the Defense Department announced Thursday evening.

“The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during an impromptu briefing Thursday evening. “The U.S. government, to include NORAD, continues to track and monitor it ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 03 2023 WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 03 2023 Red Zeppelin: What Are We Willing to Do about China's Spy Balloon? On the menu today: The tense U.S.–China relationship is about to get even more tense, as Beijing throws us another curveball in the form of a massive spy balloon currently floating over Montana. The Pentagon reportedly thought about shooting it down, but was concerned that action might risk lives on the ground. Watch the Skies This is probably not the news you expected to wake up to on Friday morning: An intelligence-gathering balloon, most certainly launched by the People’s Republic of China, is currently floating above the United States, the Defense Department announced Thursday evening. “The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during an impromptu briefing Thursday evening. “The U.S. government, to include NORAD, continues to track and monitor it ...   READ MORE

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