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To some extent, these kinds of things are always going on, though rarely reported, but everyone is just now paying attention so it seems really unusual. What is

To some extent, these kinds of things are always going on, though rarely reported, but everyone is just now paying attention so it seems really unusual. What is unusual is that the US is starting to be public about these incursion incidents and taking a more obviously aggressive posture against them. I would view this more as a change of policy by the US government in how they manage these events rather than a change in the number and type of events.

spacephysics 4y ago
While I generally agree that if say, some substation attacks on our power grid throughout the country have been hush hush (not saying it was an attack from a foreign adversary, but given the number of them recently it’s noteworthy), the aerial objects being shot down I think is vastly different, given last time this happened in US airspace was Pearl Harbor
- vpilcx 4y ago
  > last time this happened in US airspace was Pearl Harbor Didn't this happen in 9/11 with one of the planes?
  - Clubber 4y ago
    >Didn't this happen in 9/11 with one of the planes? No, they scrambled F-16's I believe and were given orders to engage compromised aircraft, but they didn't shoot any down. 3 of the 4 planes crashed into buildings and 1 crashed in a field as the passengers attempted to retain control of the aircraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Beamer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Beamer
- anon7725 4y ago
  The WW2 Japanese balloon bombs were later (1944-1945). Some were shot down.