Donald Trump claimed on Friday, December 13, that authorities officers know extra in regards to the unusual drone sightings within the Northeast than they’re revealing. He added that in case they don’t, the flying objects have to be shot down.
“Mystery Drone sightings everywhere in the Country. Can this actually be occurring with out our authorities’s data. I don’t assume so! Let the general public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!! DJT,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Drone sightings trigger concern
The drone sightings have triggered concern amongst lawmakers, with many being concerned about a menace from adversaries like Iran on American shores. However, the Pentagon has dismissed claims that any overseas nation is behind the drones. The flying objects have been noticed close to US army installations in New Jersey. Besides Trump, many different Republican lawmakers have additionally urged the army to shoot down the drones, together with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ).
Luna, a embellished US Air Force veteran, recommended that if the objects are unknown, there must be no cause to not shoot them down. “If an unknown object enters our airspace, an automated shoot-down order must be issued — no questions requested,” the congresswoman wrote on social media.
“What occurred with the Chinese spy balloon ought to by no means occur once more,” she added. “I belief President Trump will take decisive motion to forestall this!”
House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) wrote a letter to the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Federal Aviation Administration and demanded a categorized briefing on the drones. Since mid-November, the drones have been showing over the Garden State, New York, Maryland, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
“While the Pentagon has reiterated that these unmanned aerial programs (UAS) don’t belong to the U.S. army, there may be rising concern that these drones are adversarial and may very well be conducting surveillance or intelligence assortment whereas exploiting U.S. airspace,” Pfluger wrote within the letter, in accordance with New York Post.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has already obtained a categorized briefing on the drone sightings, The Hill reported.