[conservative98]

Text didn’t copy correctly....It should say NEAR.

A slightly different story emerged in the Washington Post, which reported that the Pentagon knew of “past Chinese surveillance balloons “NEAR” Florida and Texas.” Wait a minute: Near Florida and Texas? What does near mean?

[House Atreides]

“… A slightly different story emerged in the Washington Post, which reported that the Pentagon knew of “past Chinese surveillance balloons “NEAR” Florida and Texas.” Wait a minute: Near Florida and Texas? What does near mean?”
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I think it means WITHIN 12,500 MILES of their borders.