Another 'Object' Shot Down in U.S. Airspace

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Joe Biden orders the Pentagon to take out a flying object near Alaska, a sign of increased vigilance since a Chinese spy balloon entered the U.S. last week. Should the President be more forthright about that balloon's capabilities, and is this a wakeup call about China? Plus, Biden holds a rally in Florida and calls out Gov. Ron DeSantis by name, a sign that the 2024 race is beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.3	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.0	The Pentagon shoots down another object in US airspace, though details are still sparse.
0:30.4	As the public gets more information on the Chinese balloon that was taken down on Monday.
0:35.4	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:37.8	We are joined today by my colleagues, editorial board member, Kate Batchelder O'Dell and columnist
0:44.2	Kim Strassel.
0:45.2	Let's begin with a clip of a defense department briefing that just happened a few moments
0:50.3	ago where spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder is describing an object that was just
0:56.0	shot down by the US military.
0:58.2	The object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the
1:02.7	safety of civilian flight.
1:05.2	US Northern Command is beginning recovery operations now.
1:09.5	US Northern Command's Alaska Command coordinated the operation with assistance from the Alaska
1:14.7	Air National Guard, Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
1:21.5	We have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of
1:25.6	its capabilities, purpose or origin.
1:28.3	The object was about the size of a small car, so not similar in size or shape to the high
1:33.9	altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of South Carolina on February
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