Astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker says it is clear China did not follow all the “normal protocols” usually conducted before the launch of a surveillance balloon.
“When you launch these things, you have to have certain tracking beacons operating on certain frequencies – you have to issue what is called NOTAMS, Notice to Airmen, because you are going through civilian airspace,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“This balloon did not do a lot of that, so as much as they say it blew off course, they didn’t even do the beginning things that would make it clear this is a civilian scientific payload.”
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