Pentagon’s own admission on Feb. 6 of an “awareness gap” regarding previous Chinese balloon incursions in U.S. airspace has drawn concerns from Republican lawmakers.
“If the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] have been exploiting a radar gap for so many years, Congress deserves answers on this vulnerability to our greatest adversary can be addressed,” said Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), who sits on the Armed Services and Intelligence committees, in a statement to The Epoch Times on Monday.
U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck, the commander for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command, told reporters on Feb. 6 that Chinese spy balloons went undetected at least three times during the Trump administration….}