This Wednesday, the spokeswoman for the White House said that China has deployed “over the past few years” a “fleet of balloons intended for spy operations” around the world. This claim comes days after the United States shot down an aircraft flying over its territory.
The United States is “in discussions with (their) allies and partners” over the “fleet” of spy balloons it says China has deployed around the world in recent years, the spokeswoman said on Wednesday. of the White House. “Chinese balloons have been observed over countries on five continents” whose sovereignty they have “violated”, indicated Karine Jean-Pierre, from the plane taking President Joe Biden for a trip to Wisconsin (north ).
4 balloons since Donald Trump’s presidency
On Saturday, the United States shot down a Chinese aircraft flying over its territory. Washington has since assured that China was not at its first attempt, and counted that Beijing had sent three aircraft for brief incursions into American skies during Donald Trump’s presidency, and already one at the start of the term. by Joe Biden. China, for its part, strongly condemned the destruction of the balloon, according to it a “civilian aircraft used for research purposes, mainly meteorological”, which had “involuntarily” entered American airspace.
Source: Europe1
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