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China's Balloon spying over the USA?
<p>A Chinese spy balloon was seen floating over the USA yesterday which has created a buzz in the entire nation. The Pentagon said that the balloon is as big as the size of three buses and will be over the USA for a few days.Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Rider said, “the balloon was at an altitude of about 60,000 feet as on Friday noon and floating over the center of the continental US at an easterly direction. The Aerospace Defense is monitoring the suspected surveillance balloon closely.”According to the statement given by the Pentagon, they are not aiming to shoot down the air balloon because its falling debris can be a threat to Americans on the ground. Also, the balloon presently doesn’t present any military or physical threat to the people on the ground. This has generated tension between the two nations. US secretary Antony Blinken had to postpone his planned trip to China due to the Pentagon’s discovery of a spy balloon. However, China has accepted that the balloon bel</p>
10:27 AM Feb 04, 2023 IST
A Chinese spy balloon was seen floating over the USA yesterday which has created a buzz in the entire nation. The Pentagon said that the balloon is as big as the size of three buses and will be over the USA for a few days.
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Rider said, “the balloon was at an altitude of about 60,000 feet as on Friday noon and floating over the center of the continental US at an easterly direction. The Aerospace Defense is monitoring the suspected surveillance balloon closely.”
According to the statement given by the Pentagon, they are not aiming to shoot down the air balloon because its falling debris can be a threat to Americans on the ground. Also, the balloon presently doesn’t present any military or physical threat to the people on the ground.
This has generated tension between the two nations. US secretary Antony Blinken had to postpone his planned trip to China due to the Pentagon’s discovery of a spy balloon. However, China has accepted that the balloon belongs to them and claimed that the balloon was being used for meteorological research.
Another Spy Balloon is seen in Latin America
As per reports yet another spy balloon was seen flying over Latin America. Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Rider said, ” We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it as another Chinese surveillance balloon.”
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