Government2023

Senate appropriators question Pentagon on the balloon

When: 9 Feb 2023
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

Melissa Dalton, the Pentagon official who testified at the 2023 hearing Leonard Fitzgerald, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing, Pentagon official Melissa Dalton said Chinese balloons had briefly crossed the U.S. at least three times under the prior administration. Officials said they waited to shoot over water to limit risk from debris.

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OfficialThe People's Republic of China's High Altitude Surveillance Efforts Against the United States (hearing transcript) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense (govinfo) / 2023-02-09
PressChinese spy balloon: Senators grill Pentagon officials over U.S. response (opens in a new tab)CNBC / 2023-02-09

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