{"id":1833728,"date":"2023-02-03T08:50:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T13:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833728"},"modified":"2023-02-03T08:55:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T13:55:20","slug":"montana-gop-sen-daines-demands-briefing-from-secretary-of-defense-about-chinese-spy-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-gop-sen-daines-demands-briefing-from-secretary-of-defense-about-chinese-spy-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana GOP Sen. Daines Demands Briefing From Secretary of Defense About Chinese Spy Balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmontana-gop-sen-daines-demands-briefing-from-secretary-of-defense-about-chinese-spy-balloon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833728&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1242112947.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>After a Chinese balloon \u2014 which the Defense Department called a surveillance balloon \u2014 flew over Montana, where intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fields are located, Montana GOP Senator Steve Daines wrote an urgent letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding a full security briefing.<\/p>\n<p>After the balloon was found, Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley (chair) and Vice Chairman Joint Chief Gen. Christopher Grady (vice chair) recommended that no additional be ordered. \u201ckinetic action\u201d According to defense officials, the reason for this was possible falling debris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that this balloon was occupying Montana airspace creates significant concern that Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB) and the United States\u2019 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fields are the target of this intelligence gathering mission,\u201d Daines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcrightnow.com\/news\/more-background-given-on-intelligence-gathering-balloon-seen-over-montana\/article_08071296-b1d8-516e-95f7-179aefb93c62.html\">Submitted<\/a>. \u201cGiven the serious nature of the event, I am requesting a full security briefing from the administration on this situation. It is vital to establish the flight path of this balloon, any compromised U.S. national security assets, and all telecom or IT infrastructure on the ground within the U.S. that this spy-balloon was utilizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daines then continued to point out that Montana was home to the nuclear missile silos at Malmstrom Air Force Base. He stated this bluntly. \u201cI am alarmed by the fact that this spy balloon was able to infiltrate the airspace of our country and Montana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no higher priority for your administration than the safety and security of the American people and it is imperative that your administration reassure them of that fact at this time,\u201d He concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Several people reported the balloon in Billings Montana on Tuesday.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvq.com\/news\/local-news\/pentagon-says-object-spotted-over-billings-was-chinese-spy-balloon\">According<\/a> According to a top defense official, the balloon had flown above the Aleutian Islands, Canada, before reaching Montana and was still flying over America on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>All flights from Billings Logan International Airport were grounded on Wednesday for approximately two hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did see reports yesterday of a ground stop at Billings airport, and the mobilization of a number of assets including F 22s\u2026in the event that a decision was made to bring this down while it was over Montana,\u201d The senior defense official agreed. \u201cSo we wanted to make sure we were coordinating with civil authorities to empty out the airspace around that potential area\u2026It was the judgment of our military commanders that we didn\u2019t drive the risk down low enough that we didn\u2019t take the shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montana GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte released a statement stating that \u201cI received an informational briefing yesterday on the situation involving a suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over Montana. From the spy balloon to the Chinese Communist Party spying on Americans through TikTok to CCP-linked companies buying American farmland, I\u2019m deeply troubled by the constant stream of alarming developments for our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a Chinese balloon \u2014 which the Defense Department called a surveillance balloon \u2014 flew over Montana, where intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fields are located, Montana GOP Senator Steve Daines wrote an urgent letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding a full security briefing. 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