{"id":1844422,"date":"2023-02-12T12:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1844422"},"modified":"2023-02-12T12:20:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T17:20:43","slug":"house-intel-chairman-mike-turner-the-u-s-has-holes-in-homeland-defense-infrastructure-that-need-fixing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-intel-chairman-mike-turner-the-u-s-has-holes-in-homeland-defense-infrastructure-that-need-fixing\/","title":{"rendered":"House Intel Chairman Mike Turner: The U.S. Has Holes In Homeland Defense Infrastructure That Need Fixing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fhouse-intel-chairman-mike-turner-the-u-s-has-holes-in-homeland-defense-infrastructure-that-need-fixing%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=1844422&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>House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner, R-OH, stated Sunday in an interview that there are holes in the U.S. homeland defense infrastructure due to recent foreign object incursions into U.S. airspace.<\/p>\n<p>Turner told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on \u201cState of the Union\u201d He believes that President Joe Biden has changed \u201ctrigger-happy\u201d After being heavily criticized for allowing a Chinese spy ball to cross the country, before it was shot down,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would prefer them to be trigger-happy than to be permissive. But we\u2019re going to have to see whether or not this is just the administration trying to change headlines,\u201d He stated. \u201cBut what I think this shows, which is probably more important to our policy discussion here, is that we really have to declare that we\u2019re going to defend our airspace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then we need to invest. What\u2019s become clear in the public discussion is that we don\u2019t really have adequate radar systems,\u201d He continued. \u201cWe certainly don\u2019t have an integrated missile defense system. We\u2019re going to have to begin to look at the United States\u2019 airspace as one that we need to defend and that we need to have appropriate sensors to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner stated that the recent incidents have exposed Turner \u201cproblems and gaps that we have\u201d This must be corrected \u201cas soon as possible, because we certainly now ascertain there is a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>CNN HOST, JAKETAPER: Chairman Turner, we are so grateful that you joined us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We need your help. What were the second, third and fourth objects that the military brought down and from where did they come?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REP. MIKE TURNER (R-OH): Yes, well, I certainly don\u2019t know, as the administration is saying they don\u2019t know.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While they are a little trigger-happy, it is better than the permissive atmosphere that they displayed when the Chinese spy satellite was passing over our most sensitive locations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One thing I find most concerning about this is the fallacy of the Biden administration&#8217;s argument that the Chinese balloon&#8217;s height caused them no concern. Because we all know that anything that goes up can also go down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And just saying that this Chinese spy balloon was high and these are lower, and, therefore, they actually pose a hazard really isn\u2019t a\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TAPPER: Are you\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TURNER: \u2026 anybody is comfortable with.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TAPPER: Are you glad that they were \u2014 that they shot down these two objects? Because, obviously, you and other Republicans were critical for the Biden \u2014 that the Biden team took as long as they did to shoot down the object that was clearly a Chinese spy balloon?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TURNER: Sure. As I said, I prefer them to be trigger-happy than permissive. But we\u2019re going to have to see whether or not this is just the <\/em><em>Administration trying to make headlines. But what I think this shows, which is probably more important to our policy discussion here, is that we really have to declare that we\u2019re going to defend our airspace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then we have to invest. What\u2019s become clear in the public discussion is that we don\u2019t really have adequate radar systems. We certainly don\u2019t have an integrated missile defense system. We\u2019re going to have to begin to look at the United States\u2019 airspace as one that we need to defend and that we need to have appropriate sensors to do so.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>These are just a few of the gaps and problems we face. We must fill them as soon as possible because we know that there is a risk.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TAPPER: Do the second and third objects that were shot down on Friday and Saturday spy on America and Canada respectively? Is it possible they were just weather balloons or something else that was \u2014 that\u2019s benign?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TURNER<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When the Department of Defense gave in its first statement on this, if you notice, there was a word slipped in there that you certainly didn\u2019t hear when the Chinese spy balloon was over the United States. And that\u2019s the word corporate of origin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Even the Department of Defense has a broad view of what these things could be. However, it shows renewed interest and a renewed commitment to the defense United States airspace. It is clear that the United States now has to declare it will defend its aviation space. An administration that has difficulties controlling ground sovereignty must declare air sovereignty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But it is necessary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TAPPER: When are you expected to be briefed again as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>TURNER<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biden&#8217;s administration must stop briefing Congress via television and come sit down to brief us. What we\u2019re seeing here is a number of announcements by the administration without any real<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) said in an interview Sunday that the U.S. has holes in its homeland defense infrastructure that have been exposed by the recent incursions of foreign objects into U.S. airspace. 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