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It turns out that the massive Chinese spy balloon equipped with sensors and surveillance equipment that traversed the United States before finally being shot down on February 4 was only round one of a larger crisis.
The news this weekend took an ominous turn with reports of three additional “objects” violating US and Canadian airspace. The first was shot down over Alaska, the second over Canada, and the third over Lake Huron. If the current pace continues, we will soon need a spreadsheet to keep track of all the intrusions.
No one should take comfort in the fact that the most recent “objects” were smaller than the initial spy balloon. Bad things can come in small packages. Even small objects can pose deadly threats to civilian aircraft.
TIMELINE: FOURTH FLYING OBJECT DOWNED BY US MILITARY IN 8 DAYS
We now have a pattern of foreign intrusions into our sovereign airspace in less than two weeks’ time. The task of framing and…