This wasn't the first Chinese balloon over the U.S. Why were the others ignored?
Chinese surveillance balloons have flown over the U.S. at least four times in recent years. But the incidents were relatively brief and did not cause a major stir.
Given the hullabaloo over the Chinese surveillance balloon, you'd think something like this never happened before.
But it has. At least four other times in recent years.
According to a senior U.S. defense official, Chinese balloons crossed over the U.S. at least three times during the Trump administration and at least one other time earlier in the Biden administration.
However, these previous air incursions were brief and judged to
