On the recordFebruary 4, 2023
This was quite a risk by China, quite a calculation that they would take a balloon, put it up in China, take it across the United States where it's clearly going to be discoverable by us.
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nbcnews.comMike Turner: “This was quite a risk by China, quite a calculation that they would take a balloon, put it up in China, take it across…”
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Representative Turner discusses the strategic implications of China's decision to send a balloon over the U.S.
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