Why Doesn’t Biden’s Pentagon Shoot Down the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Over Montana?

The Biden Administration has decimated America’s credibility and deterrence. This is the result. A Chinese spy balloon flying over the state of Montana. The CCP would not have dared done this under President Trump. Gd help us.

On Thursday afternoon, NBC News revealed that a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon is hovering over Billings, Montana. The supposed weapon of espionage had apparently flown from the Alaskan Aleutian Islands and over Canada before making its way to airspace above the U.S. nuclear arsenal. According to NBC News, the balloon was spotted over the state that’s home to 150 warheads on Wednesday, near where the Chinese have been buying up American farmland.

The Federalist: “The U.S. military has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern U.S. for the past few days,” NBC reported. “Military and defense leaders have discussed shooting it out of the sky, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official.”

Defense officials told reporters that military leaders refused to shoot the balloon down because a widespread debris field would pose a threat to civilian life in the rural state. According to The Wall Street Journal, President Joe Biden was briefed on the issue on Wednesday.

If the Pentagon knew the surveillance tool was on its way to the nuclear arsenal, however, why didn’t the president have it shot down when it was over Alaska? Was Biden’s Wednesday briefing his first? Why wasn’t he told sooner? Why didn’t officials inform the public when it crossed into U.S. airspace? Did our government maybe not catch the balloon and are now covering for their own negligence? And why didn’t the Canadians shoot it down?

Even more troubling is why the Chinese would have a surveillance balloon over Montana in the first place, considering Beijing’s advanced satellites in low-earth orbit that provide all the bird’s eye images they need. Are they sending a message before Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the Chinese capital next week?

HAPPENING NOW: Photo shows the massive Chinese spy balloon over Montana.

U.S. military is tracking the balloon. pic.twitter.com/RS52mQE9Og

— Antonio Sabato Jr (@AntonioSabatoJr) February 3, 2023

I am demanding answers from the Biden administration about the spy balloon that flew over our airspace.

The administration failed to protect our border and now has failed to protect our skies. pic.twitter.com/68ZRDhgwK9

— Steve Daines (@SteveDaines) February 3, 2023

Statement on the suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over Montana pic.twitter.com/649z2v1SFK

— Governor Greg Gianforte (@GovGianforte) February 3, 2023

#Biden’s failure to shoot down the #ChineseSpyBalloon is an abrogation of his constitutional duty to defend the #UnitedStates. https://t.co/Fgr2KqsWvG

— Gordon G. Chang (@GordonGChang) February 3, 2023

U.S. didn’t stop the CCP from purchasing land near US military installations or stop Huawei from putting its technology in cellular towers near our ICBM nukes in Montana #Obama – the Chinese spy balloon on top of everything else is just another sign of what #China is planning.. https://t.co/CNuBYP29kC

— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) February 3, 2023

If the Chinese feel confident enough to float a spy balloon over *Montana*, imagine what else they’re capable of doing. Holy cow. https://t.co/2PB30p8Bnj

— Mary Kissel (@marykissel) February 2, 2023

US government monitoring suspected Chinese spy balloon over northern states

Senior U.S. defense official said government closely monitoring suspected Chinese spy balloon

By Fox News, February 3, 2023

The U.S. government is monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been moving over northern states over the past several days.

Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during a briefing on Thursday afternoon that the U.S. government has detected a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental U.S.