National security professionals speculate that the enigmatic flight of a spy balloon over the country may have been an effort to gather information about American missile silos and other defenses, providing vital context for prospective attacks from foreign forces.
Bryan Clark, Director of the Hudson Institute Center for Defense Concepts warned that China’s experimental balloon had potential to pose a danger. The Daily Wire reported that while not “a direct threat” in and of itself, the device could provide insight on developing defense strategies “obtain close-up visual imagery from different angles.”
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“That could improve China’s ability to target U.S. missile silos and better understand the construction and layout of U.S. bomber bases in places like Montana and North Dakota where the balloon is flying,” Clark said.
“It could have obtained signals intelligence by listening in on U.S. military radio and radar signals. Because satellite flyovers are known and predictable, U.S. forces avoid transmitting sensitive signals during those windows, but the balloon can fly an unpredictable route and show up unexpectedly,” Clark continued in saying.
In addition to other possible ideas, Clark stated that the weather balloon supposedly observed above American airspace may have been a part of China’s testing.
Clark clarified that this circumstance can be “a test of U.S. air surveillance and response to less obvious threats … Russian bombers and surveillance aircraft regularly test U.S. responses in the high north, but unarmed uncrewed aircraft like this balloon present a situation U.S. air forces may not have a well-practiced response for.”
China has taken a bold step by undertaking what may be considered a risky trial run to test the waters of international relations.
Victoria Coates, a Senior Research Fellow at the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, has brought attention to a grave security risk posed by China on the social media network Tik Tok. This potential danger, according to Coates’ study, may be of a comparable size as the risks presented by floating balloons.
“Make no mistake about it, this violation of U.S. sovereignty on the eve of Secretary Blinken’s scheduled trip to China was not only about surveillance, it was also about testing whether or not the Biden administration would respond strongly and risk the diplomatic engagement,” Coates said to The Daily Wire
“Unfortunately, until the story blew up in the news they clearly prioritized keeping the trip over defending the national security of the United States, and even though it’s been delayed, Secretary Blinken said in his statement he expects it to be rescheduled and expressed his commitment to diplomacy,” Coates went on to say.
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