Exclusive: Defense Secretary Austin speaks out about shot down unidentified objects



Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sat down for his first interview with NBC News’ Courtney Kube since the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon and then three other objects. The defense secretary shared more about the U.S. response and acknowledged the recent tensions with China.

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24 comments

  1. A liar talking to a propagandist

  2. Cant use words only your fake false power you see it help them Mexicans cant please all trust hater are in your ears pushing you to look mb an be bad as them they haters win Republicans sabotage

  3. Did Blackmon like being treated different yet can grant their most intelligent an use the an not take time to understand them ??? Fight all follow it sign curse your cultures do

  4. This is why the media cannot be trusted. They still think we're stupid enough to believe them that it is unidentified. They're still hiding the fact that it's a balloon that came from China.

  5. Glad we have this man overseeing all the wars, murders and killings around the world 😅 he can’t possibly sleep at night!!

  6. Over 1,000 balloons are launched every day. Most of them are weather balloons. Many of them are amateur balloonists like me just having fun with cameras.
    Now America is going to spend billions to shoot down every high altitude high school science project, or amateur balloon flight. It cost less than $100 to get to 80,000 feet, or more. Foreign countries can now launch thousands of dirt cheap balloons to keep our military busy shooting them all down with multi million dollar jets and extremely expensive missiles.
    Balloon – $100.oo
    Fighter Jet flight $2,000.oo to $10,000.oo
    Missile $60,000.oo
    We are a hilariously stupid nation.

  7. Get our information right an have trust in are government an the president Biden's

  8. These people are traitorous and I cant wait till Trump fires them.
    🇺🇸MAGA🇺🇸

  9. Why they can’t send a helicopter and take it back to see what it is before shooting it down doesn’t make sense. Or also send a blimp that way to see what it is. So many unanswered questions lol

  10. Just payback for blowing up the Nord Stream Pipeline.

  11. Distraction from top Secret documents in bidens garage.

  12. The best part of all of this is that I've learned about pico balloons.

  13. Does anyone trust this guy?

  14. These clowns really shot down a bunch of civilian balloons as an overreaction to their own failure. 🤦🏻‍♂️

  15. He should resign or sabotage.

  16. Austin is a traitor to this country

  17. At was weather balloons from Alaska.

  18. Another affirmative action nomination as the dumbing down of America continues

  19. I hate to pop your balloon 🎈, but this is all just about distraction.

  20. Maybe the three objects was just to salvage representation for the poor response to the balloon 🎈.
    Don’t make any sense shooting down something harmless with deadly weapons. 🤤then have no clue how it looks in a world of camera 🎥 or where it fell after being brought down. In a world 🌎 of advance military equipment!🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗