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Tester Wants FY ‘24 Budget To Bolster Airspace Detection, Presses DoD On Chinese Balloon Decisions

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Tester Wants FY ‘24 Budget To Bolster Airspace Detection, Presses DoD On Chinese Balloon Decisions
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler Thompson)

The Senate’s top defense appropriator has said he wants the fiscal year 2024 budget to include funding and plans to help the Pentagon avoid future intrusions into U.S. airspace following the recent spate of Chinese surveillance balloon incidents. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, and lawmakers on the panel pressed DoD officials during a hearing Thursday on modernization efforts to bolster airspace detection capabilities and the decision making process related to the tracking and eventual…

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