Morning Jolt: There’s a Lot More to the Chinese Spy-Balloon Story

On the menu today: The short attention span of the American public might be ready to move on from the Chinese spy balloon, but what we're learning day by day should leave us unnerved. President Biden's decision to shoot down the balloon off the coast of South Carolina is almost the least important aspect of last week's events. This is an extensive, ongoing, and troubling Chinese military effort to learn secrets that we don't want China to know, and it sounds like it took the Pentagon quite a while to even detect these balloons. Don't look for the partisan scandal, look for the military-effectiveness scandal.

What Is the Pentagon Not Telling Us?

Reuters, June 17, 2020:

The appearance of a mysterious white object in the sky over northern Japan on Wednesday set social media ablaze, with speculation ranging from UFOs to coronavirus and North Korean propaganda.

Television footage taken in the northeastern city of Sendai showed a ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 09 2023 WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 09 2023 There's a Lot More to the Chinese Spy-Balloon Story On the menu today: The short attention span of the American public might be ready to move on from the Chinese spy balloon, but what we're learning day by day should leave us unnerved. President Biden's decision to shoot down the balloon off the coast of South Carolina is almost the least important aspect of last week's events. This is an extensive, ongoing, and troubling Chinese military effort to learn secrets that we don't want China to know, and it sounds like it took the Pentagon quite a while to even detect these balloons. Don't look for the partisan scandal, look for the military-effectiveness scandal. What Is the Pentagon Not Telling Us? Reuters, June 17, 2020: The appearance of a mysterious white object in the sky over northern Japan on Wednesday set social media ablaze, with speculation ranging from UFOs to coronavirus and North Korean propaganda. Television footage taken in the northeastern city of Sendai showed a ...   READ MORE

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