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Pentagon Concedes ‘Awareness Gap’ That Caused Failure to Detect 3 Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years

Pentagon Concedes ‘Awareness Gap’ That Caused Failure to Detect 3 Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years
General Glen VanHerck, Commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill March 24, 2022 in Washington. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
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A top U.S. general charged with monitoring the nation’s airspace said that the military didn’t detect previous incursions into U.S. airspace by Chinese spy balloons.

Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, who serves as commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said that Chinese spy balloons previously went undetected on at least three occasions during the Trump administration.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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