America’s ‘mysterious balloon’: Nearly three months after the first “mysterious balloon” hovered over the skies of the United States, the State Department has confirmed that a similar object was detected in the airspace.
Officials told NBC News that the military is looking for the mysterious object, but it is not clear what it is or to whom it belongs.
Also, unlike earlier, this time the balloon did not fly over any sensitive area and the official said that there was no threat to air traffic or national security.
no chinese link
So far, US officials said it was unclear whether it was a weather balloon or linked to a Chinese spy drone. However, the official said the Biden administration has a clear stance on such a matter – “shoot”.
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chinese spy balloon row
Significantly, on January 28 this year, an alleged Chinese “spy balloon” was seen hovering over the skies of the United States, resulting in heightened tensions between the two countries. This prompted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to cancel his personal visit to Beijing.
Although Beijing acknowledged that the giant balloon was removed from its territory, it denied claims of sending the spy equipment to the US. Instead, it dubbed the helium balloon a “weather data collector” and said it was floating towards the US by the current of the wind.
China also accused America of violating its airspace
Later, Beijing claimed that Washington violated its airspace at least ten times in the past 13 months. According to China, US high-altitude balloons illegally flew into Chinese airspace on more than 10 occasions without the approval of relevant Chinese authorities.
China’s latest comments come a day after US fighter jets shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron.
“US Has the Largest Surveillance Network in the World”
Addressing a press conference on the matter, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called the actions taken by the US reflective of its own behavior and asked the Pentagon to focus on its own actions instead of slandering, slandering and provoking confrontation. should give. Although he did not comment on the latest incident in Lake Huron, but termed it as an overreaction of the US authorities.
Furthermore, he claimed that Washington has the world’s largest surveillance network and that the US has misused its technological advances against several countries.