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Beijing Says US Balloons Illegally Entered China's Airspace Over 10 Times Since Early 2022
On February 4, the United States shot down what it claimed was a Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean. China insists the airship was engaged in scientific research and had been accidentally blown off course. | US-made balloons have been detected carrying out incursions into China's airspace at least 10 times since January 2022, according to China’s Foreign Ministry.
💬 “It is nothing rare for US balloons to illegally enter other country’s airspace... The US needs to reflect upon its own behavior, instead of slandering, smearing and provoking confrontation," the ministry's spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, stated at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Monday.
In response to the US rhetoric following the recent balloon incident, the spokesman indicated that China reserved the right to "take necessary means to deal with relevant incidents.” The fact that a Chinese civilian unmanned airship carried out an unintended incursion into US airspace was due to unavoidable accidental circumstances, Wang Wenbin added. The shooting down of the balloon, which China insists was engaged in scientific research but fell victim to high winds, was denounced by the ministry as indiscriminate use of force.
■ China has detected a UFO of its own | Local maritime authorities in East China's Shandong Province announced on Sunday that they had spotted an unidentified flying object in waters near the coastal city of Rizhao in the province and were preparing to shoot it down, reminding fishermen to be safe via messages. (C. Johnstone)
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