{"id":1836924,"date":"2023-02-06T12:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836924"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:39:13","slug":"what-was-china-trying-to-accomplish-with-the-spy-balloon-national-security-experts-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-was-china-trying-to-accomplish-with-the-spy-balloon-national-security-experts-weigh-in\/","title":{"rendered":"What Was China Trying To Accomplish With The Spy Balloon? National Security Experts Weigh In"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwhat-was-china-trying-to-accomplish-with-the-spy-balloon-national-security-experts-weigh-in%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=1836924&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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National security<\/a> Experts believe that <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese<\/a> A spy balloon recently crossed the United States was a surprise for officials responsible for guarding <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military<\/a> Unusual threats: American Responses to Secrets and a Test for American Responses<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3287173\/dod-statement-on-high-altitude-surveillance-balloon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcement<\/a> On Thursday, the military observed \u201ca high altitude surveillance balloon\u201d The nation. The vessel then crossed Montana, where there are several missile silos as well as defense assets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chinese-spy-balloon-flies-out-of-montana-and-over-new-u-s-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Been there.<\/a> Over states like Missouri and Kansas before the object was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-military-shoots-down-chinese-spy-balloon-after-biden-let-it-travel-across-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot down<\/a> Coast of the Carolinas.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s administration was criticized for not lowering the balloon above Montana or the Aleutian Islands. Critics claim that the threat of falling debris would have been reduced. Reports indicated that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was scheduled to travel to China, but the decision to not take the asset out was delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Clark, the director of the Hudson Institute\u2019s Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, told The Daily Wire that the balloon was \u201cnot a direct threat\u201d But could have allowed China to \u201cobtain close-up visual imagery from different angles\u201d Its low earth orbit satellites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat could improve China\u2019s ability to target U.S. missile silos and better understand the construction and layout of U.S. bomber bases in places like Montana and North Dakota where the balloon is flying,\u201d He stated. \u201cIt could have obtained signals intelligence by listening in on U.S. military radio and radar signals. Because satellite flyovers are known and predictable, U.S. forces avoid transmitting sensitive signals during those windows, but the balloon can fly an unpredictable route and show up unexpectedly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It could also have been a balloon \u201ca test of U.S. air surveillance and response to less obvious threats,\u201d Clark was a former researcher for DARPA as well as the Office of the Secretary of Defense. \u201cRussian bombers and surveillance aircraft regularly test U.S. responses in the high north, but unarmed uncrewed aircraft like this balloon present a situation U.S. air forces may not have a well-practiced response for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers were shocked that the balloon could travel through areas of the country that house sensitive military assets. Senator Steve Daines (R MT) stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-am-alarmed-montana-gop-sen-steve-daines-wants-briefing-from-secdef-about-chinese-spy-balloon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter<\/a> Lloyd Austin, Defense Secretary, said that the incident created a new threat to national security. \u201csignificant concern\u201d He requested a security briefing to discuss the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Coates, a senior research fellow for the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, told The Daily Wire that the surveillance balloon is similar to the national security threats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tiktok-ceo-will-testify-before-congress-as-national-security-privacy-concerns-grow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presented<\/a> TikTok is a Chinese social media platform. She agreed that China has been a great country. \u201cmore sophisticated satellite options for gathering information\u201d However, it was suggested that it could be. \u201cdeveloping a redundant system\u201d Use less advanced technology to ensure more consistent information flows<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake about it, this violation of U.S. sovereignty on the eve of Secretary Blinken\u2019s scheduled trip to China was not only about surveillance, it was also about testing whether or not the Biden administration would respond strongly and risk the diplomatic engagement,\u201d She made the comment. \u201cUnfortunately, until the story blew up in the news they clearly prioritized keeping the trip over defending the national security of the United States, and even though it\u2019s been delayed, Secretary Blinken said in his statement he expects it to be rescheduled and expressed his commitment to diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National security experts believe the Chinese spy balloon which recently traversed the continental United States was a curveball for officials charged with guarding military secrets and a test for American responses to unconventional threats. Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder announced on Thursday that the military observed \u201ca high altitude surveillance balloon\u201d above the nation. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":828282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[13979,17453,4501,4521,4107,3646,6893,9075],"class_list":["post-1836924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-accomplish","tag-balloon","tag-china","tag-experts","tag-national","tag-security","tag-spy","tag-weigh"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1836924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1836924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}