And, of course, there are other ways to carry out a very similar mission. You can do it with ships and you can do it with land-based facilities but those are countries I'm quite confident in saying undertake similar missions. Some people haves criticized, particularly in China and elsewhere, Mr. Bamford, that there is an element of arrogance to this on part of the United States. Well, I think it's probably true. It's not subtle.
Intelligence is supposed to help prevent wars, prevent tensions.
These have the opposite effect. Yes, we fly a great many of them. But it's also worth taking into account - remember, that China refuses to renounce the use of force against Taiwan. We refuse to stop flying these flights. I think that is something of a balance and that puts it in perspective.