Expert Explains Why Chinese Spy Balloon Could Invade US Airspace Unchecked

Richard D Fisher Jr., International Assessment and Strategy Center, gives a book titled China's Military Modernization to Rep. Devin Nunes after a Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on China’s Worldwide Military Expansion at the Rayburn House Office Building at U.S. Congress in Washington on May 17, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

An expert has laid out reasons why the Chinese spy balloon could invade U.S. airspace unchecked.

The Chinese balloon was first sighted above Montana, a state that houses intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos, earlier last week. A top Pentagon official said on Feb. 3 that the balloon flew at 60,000 feet (18,300 meters), had the ability to maneuver, and changed course at some point during its flight, although he didn’t specify when.