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A suspicious Chinese aerostat was observed flying in the Montana region of the United States of America.
USAsenior officials of the president Cho Biden(Joe Biden) advised not to shoot the suspicious balloon.
They said that debris from the balloon could pose a danger to objects and people on the ground.
An official representative of the Pentagon informed journalists about this Patrick Ryder gave
USA the media news shows that the current flight path of the balloon indicates that it will pass over several important objects.
Officials declined to give the exact height of the balloon, but said it was flying at an altitude between the layer used by civil aviation and space.
The most senior Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee Marco Rubio said that although the balloon causes concern, it is not surprising:
“Beijing’s espionage against our country has increased dramatically over the past five years and has become more intense and brazen.”
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency when news of the aerostat first broke William Burns He was speaking at Georgetown University in Washington.
Burns said that China currently USAis the biggest geopolitical problem facing
Recently, relations between Washington and Beijing have escalated over Taiwan, human rights abuses in China, and Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea. military has become tense due to his activity.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to China in the coming days trip should do.
US Secretary of Defense visiting the Philippines Lloyd Austin called a counselor to discuss the spy balloon incident.
News it is reported that US officials have discussed this issue with the Chinese side through diplomatic channels.
The US military says that spy balloons have been flown over the country several times in recent years, but this time the balloon stayed over America longer than the previous ones.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs information called not to speculate around and not to make noise until the incident is fully and accurately studied.
Espionage and more military Balloons that can rise to very high altitudes have been used since the middle of the last century.
During World War II, the Japanese military tried to use balloons to bomb the United States. Such balloons are natural from Japan weather reached the American continent with its currents. Any serious with the balloons of Japan military although the target was not hit, several civilians in Oregon perished has been
Immediately after World War II, the United States flew dozens of such balloons over the Soviet Union to take photographs as part of the Genetrix project.
Such balloons can fly to a height of 24,000-37,000 meters. This is much higher than the altitude used by civil aviation aircraft (12 thousand meters). The highest-flying military aircraft 20 flies at a height of a thousand meters. But U-2 spy planes can climb to a height of 24,000 meters.