On the recordFebruary 8, 2023
Why didn't we shoot the previous ones down and gather intelligence from those?
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congress.govWhy didn't we shoot the previous ones down and gather intelligence from those?
Tester questions past military decisions on handling surveillance balloons.
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This has been a phenomenon that we haven't had recently, where we've had other countries that have went into our airspace for the purpose of trying to gather information.
I think it's really important for food security. The folks -- this is a ban against China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, folks who don't want to see us exist anymore as a nation.
I think it'd be a mistake, a -- really a mistake for national security and for food security.