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Chinese balloons must be assessed within the context of decades of mutual espionage and an awareness of the many storms in the U.S.-China relationship — and the history of empires.
There are thousands of sightings of UFOs – or ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ as the US government prefers to call them – every year.
After shooting down a high-altitude Chinese balloon, the US has been on the alert for other aerial invaders.
Despite China’s complaints about the United States shooting down its balloon, the U.S. was within its rights — and China has done the same thing in the past.
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Emeritus Professor of History, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor in Political Science, Thompson Rivers University
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University; Bond University
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Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University