a huge white balloon carrying sophisticated equipment traversed the continental United States last week before Biden will order military commanders to shoot him down off the east coast of the Atlantic. China insists the balloon was conducting meteorological researchbut The Pentagon described it as a spy operation. of high technology.
According to US officials, measures were taken to prevent the instruments on the globe from collecting sensitive information during your flight. In addition, they stressed that the decision to wait until the balloon reached the coast before it could be shot down by a fighter jet was the only way to ensure the safety of people on the ground.
Now US forces are in the process of recovering the wreckage of the balloon in the sea for analysis.
“The balloon sighted in Latin America comes from China and has civil purposes”Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday, Mao Ning. The balloon has limited ability to maneuver, Mao said to keep calm at a periodic press conference.
Colombian Air Force said in a brief statement on Saturday that its air defense system had detected a possible balloon Friday morning. In addition, the newspaper La Nación of Costa Rica reported that hundreds of people observed a white balloon in that country of similar characteristics.
Source: Ambito
