Congress Floats Ways to Secure Skies After Chinese Balloon
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U.S. Senator Mark Kelly: "I don't think we want to get into the business of launching AIM-9Xs at weather balloons" Other lawmakers have launched a flurry of proposals aimed at the skies. Concerns over China, and worries about interference with civilian aircraft are shared.
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U.S. Congress floats ways to secure skies after Chinese balloon
The Biden administration's unprecedented peacetime downing of the Chinese balloon and three other objects has raised new and troubling questions about the security of American airspace, alarming lawmakers who fear the episode has exposed a vulnerability that could be exploited by other foreign adversaries.
Congress floats ways to secure skies after Chinese balloon
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the only current U.S. senator to have visited space, Mark Kelly knows something about unexplained objects in the skies. Back in his aviator days, Kelly saw Mylar party balloons fly by his cockpit.