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BREAKING WORLD WAR III NEWS: 1. SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY BALLOON FOUND OVER NORTHERN U.S.  2. PENTAGON CONSIDERED SHOOTING DOWN THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON BUT CONCLUDED THAT DOING SO POSED A SAFETY RISK FOR PEOPLE BELOW  3. MONTANA’S INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FIELDS ARE TARGETED Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, tells those who know God to pray. He tells those who do not know God to “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.” Whyte tells President Biden, don’t sleep and call XI. Whyte tells Xi to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ said the most important words in the history of the world: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God still wants you to “let My people go.” Remove all restrictions from Christian worshipers and Jewish worshipers. Also, there is no need to fly surveillance balloons over our nuclear weapon sites because there is no need for a war between China and the U.S. If the Taiwanese do what Whyte has told them to do: that is to humble themselves and communicate with you using back channels and work out the family dispute and become the “Chinese Virgin Islands,” then all of this is unnecessary.

Suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S.

BREAKING WORLD WAR III NEWS: 1. SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY BALLOON FOUND OVER NORTHERN U.S. 

2. PENTAGON CONSIDERED SHOOTING DOWN THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON BUT CONCLUDED THAT DOING SO POSED A SAFETY RISK FOR PEOPLE BELOW 

3. MONTANA’S INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FIELDS ARE TARGETED

Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, tells those who know God to pray. He tells those who do not know God to “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.” Whyte tells President Biden, don’t sleep and call XI. Whyte tells Xi to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ said the most important words in the history of the world: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God still wants you to “let My people go.” Remove all restrictions from Christian worshipers and Jewish worshipers. Also, there is no need to fly surveillance balloons over our nuclear weapon sites because there is no need for a war between China and the U.S. If the Taiwanese do what Whyte has told them to do: that is to humble themselves and communicate with you using back channels and work out the family dispute and become the “Chinese Virgin Islands,” then all of this is unnecessary.

 

“The United States government … is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” said a Pentagon spokesperson.

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, and military and defense leaders have discussed shooting it out of the sky, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official.

“The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told NBC News. “We continue to track and monitor it closely.”

“Once the balloon was detected, the U.S. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information,” Ryder said.

The high-altitude balloon was spotted over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday. It flew over the Aleutian Islands, through Canada, and into Montana. A senior defense official said the balloon is still over the U.S. but declined to say where it is now.

On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin convened a meeting of senior military and defense leaders, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, NORTHCOM/NORAD Commander Gen. Glen VanHerck, and other combatant commanders.

Austin was traveling in the Philippines at the time.

The leaders reviewed the threat profile of the Chinese stratospheric balloon and possible response options, and ultimately decided not to recommend taking it out kinetically, because of the risk to safety and security of people on the ground from the possible debris field. Pentagon leaders presented the options to President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

A senior administration official confirmed that Biden had been briefed and received a “strong recommendation” that the balloon not be shot down.

“Instances of this activity have been observed over the past several years, including prior to this administration,” said the senior administration official. “We acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information.”

Biden did not respond to a question from reporters about the balloon on Thursday afternoon at the White House.

Source: NBC NEWS, Courtney Kube and Carol E. Lee

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Chinese spy balloon flying over U.S. ‘right now,’ Pentagon says; Considered shooting it down but concluded that doing so posed a safety risk

A Chinese surveillance balloon is collecting intelligence over the continental United States “right now,” senior U.S. officials disclosed Thursday, acknowledging that the Pentagon has been monitoring the craft for several days and briefly considered shooting it down before concluding that doing so posed a safety risk.

The balloon is traveling at an altitude “well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground,” Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters in a hastily arranged news conference where he addressed the ongoing situation. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) continues to track the balloon’s course, but officials would not specify its present whereabouts.

“Once the balloon was detected,” Ryder added, “the U.S. government acted immediately to prevent against the collection of sensitive information.” Without elaborating, he said that similar activity had been observed before — spanning a period of “several years.”

A U.S. intelligence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said that similar balloons have been spotted previously over Hawaii and Guam. They have guidance systems on board, the official said.

U.S. general warns troops that war with China is possible in two years

The striking development comes at a time of peak tension between the world powers, and just hours ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s expected departure for Beijing, where he is to hold a series of long-scheduled meetings with senior Chinese officials. The high-stakes visit, Blinken’s first to the country as the nation’s top diplomat, is aimed at stabilizing U.S.-China relationship — a goal that could become more difficult following the espionage aircraft’s appearance in U.S. airspace.

Source: MSN, Dan Lamothe, Alex Horton
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Montana Sen. Daines ‘alarmed’ at Chinese spy balloon, says ‘significant concern’ that ICBM fields targeted

Montana Rep. Rosendale denounces spy balloon as ‘clear example of Chinese aggression’

Montana’s Republican Senator Steve Daines sent a letter to the Department of Defense (DOD) demanding answers on the suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted above his state.

Daines sent a late letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday amid reports of the suspected surveillance balloon over U.S. airspace.

The Montana Republican called the high-altitude Chinese balloon a “concerning event” and told Austin that the “fact that this balloon was occupying Montana airspace creates significant concern that Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB) and the United State’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fields are the targets of this intelligence gathering mission.”

The defense official said that the balloon was recently over Montana, and said that officials were considering bringing the plane down with military assets, but decided against doing so because of the risks associated. (Xinhua/Jiang Shan via Getty Images)

Daines wrote that given “the serious nature of the event,” he is “requesting a full security briefing from the administration on this situation.”

“It is vital to establish the flight path of this balloon, any compromised U.S. national security assets, and all telecom or IT infrastructure on the ground within the U.S. that this spy balloon was utilizing,” the letter reads.

“As you know, Montana plays a vital national security role by housing nuclear missile silos at Malmstrom AFB,” the senator continued.

“Given the increased hostility and destabilization around the globe aimed at the United States and our allies, I am alarmed by the fact that this spy balloon was able to infiltrate the airspace of our country and Montana,” he added.

Daines told Austin that there “is no higher priority for your administration than the safety and security of the American people and it is imperative that your administration reassure them of that fact at this time.”

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s after-hours request for comment.

A spokesperson for Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester told Fox News Digital that he “is monitoring this situation closely and will continue to receive updates from DOD.”

On Tuesday, Tester — a third-generation farmer — and lead Republican Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota introduced the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act to prevent foreign adversaries like China from buying into the U.S. agriculture industry.

In addition to the prohibition on adversaries buying into U.S. agriculture, the bill would also add the Agriculture Secretary to the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment and require the president to report to Congress any waiver granted.

“It’s unacceptable to allow communist China to invade our airspace — this is another clear example of Chinese aggression,” GOP Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale told Fox  News Digital. “President Biden must start putting the American people first and recognize that China is a threat to our freedom, values, and way of life.”

Daines’ letter comes as the U.S. government monitor 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 United States.

Source: FOX NEWS