{"id":30560,"date":"2023-02-16T20:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/16\/biden-wants-sharper-rules-on-unknown-aerial-objects\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:48:19","slug":"biden-wants-sharper-rules-on-unknown-aerial-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2023\/02\/16\/biden-wants-sharper-rules-on-unknown-aerial-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden wants \u2018sharper rules\u2019 on unknown aerial objects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is developing \u201csharper rules\u201d to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes drama sparked by the discovery of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/02\/02\/chinese-surveillance-balloon-detected-over-montana\/\" target=\"_blank\">suspected Chinese spy balloon<\/a> transiting much of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president has directed national security adviser Jake Sullivan to lead an \u201cinteragency team\u201d to review U.S. procedures after the U.S. shot down the Chinese balloon, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/02\/12\/two-downed-objects-believed-to-be-balloons-sen-schumer-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">three other objects<\/a> that Biden said the U.S. now believes are most likely \u201cbenign\u201d objects that were launched by private companies or research institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden said he hoped the new rules would help \u201cdistinguish between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMake no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the American people I will take it down,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/02\/16\/navy-intel-admiral-chinese-balloon-was-a-wake-up-call-to-americans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23034365734757.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy intel admiral says China balloon was wake-up call to Americans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Office of Naval Intelligence head also called for the intel community to release more information to back up claims of Beijing&#039;s bad intentions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The downing of the Chinese surveillance craft was the first known peacetime shootdown of an unauthorized object in U.S. airspace \u2014 a feat repeated three times a week later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden sharply criticized China\u2019s surveillance program, saying the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2023\/02\/04\/us-downs-chinese-balloon-a-flashpoint-in-us-china-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\">violation of our sovereignty<\/a> is unacceptable,\u201d but said he looks to maintain open lines of communication with Beijing. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken postponed his first planned trip to China as the balloon was flying over the U.S., and a new meeting with his Chinese counterpart has yet to be scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI expect to be speaking with President Xi and I hope we can get to the bottom of this,\u201d Biden said, adding, \u201cBut I make no apologies for taking down that balloon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden said the rules would remain classified so as not to \u201cgive a roadmap to our enemies to try to evade our defenses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese balloon has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/2023\/02\/15\/china-threatens-us-entities-over-downing-of-balloon\/\" target=\"_blank\">escalated tensions<\/a> between the U.S. and China. Blinken travels Thursday to the Munich Security Conference and there is speculation he might use the opportunity to meet top Chinese foreign policy official Wang Yi, who will also be attending the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden had remained largely silent on the objects downed Friday off the coast of Alaska, Saturday over Canada and Sunday over Lake Huron. On Monday, the White House announced earnestly there was no indication of \u201caliens or extraterrestrial activity.\u201d By Wednesday, U.S. officials said they were still working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/02\/07\/navy-launches-chinese-surveillance-balloon-salvage-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\">locate the wreckage<\/a> from the objects, but that they expected all three to be unrelated to surveillance efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe intelligence community is considering as a leading explanation that these could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose,\u201d said White House national security spokesman John Kirby. No country or private company has come forward to claim any of the objects, Kirby said. They do not appear to have been operated by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still unaddressed are questions about the original balloon, including what spying capabilities it had and whether it was transmitting signals as it flew over sensitive military sites in the United States. It was believed by American intelligence to have initially been on a track toward the U.S. territory of Guam, according to a U.S. official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. tracked it for several days after it left China, said the official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence. It appears to have been blown off its initial trajectory and ultimately flew over the continental U.S., the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balloons and other unidentified objects have been previously spotted over Guam, a strategic hub for the U.S. Navy and Air Force in the western Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s unclear how much control China retained over the balloon once it veered from its original trajectory. A second U.S. official said the balloon could have been externally maneuvered or directed to loiter over a specific target, but it\u2019s unclear whether Chinese forces did so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the balloon was shot down, the White House revealed that such balloons had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/02\/08\/china-has-conducted-spy-balloon-program-for-years-pentagon-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">traversed U.S. territory<\/a> at least three times during President Donald Trump\u2019s administration unknown to Trump or his aides \u2014 and that others have flown over dozens of nations across five continents. Kirby emphasized Monday that they were only detected by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>AP writer Nomaan Merchant contributed.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president has directed national security adviser Jake Sullivan to lead an \u201cinteragency team\u201d to review U.S. 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