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US accuses China of years of work on spy balloon program

This photo taken by Chase Doak on February 1, 2023 shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the skies over Billings, Montana, USA. | Fountain: AFP

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USA accused this Wednesday China that he had worked for several years on a “program” of espionage balloons that had already flown over various regions, including Latin America.

This was told by John Kirby, one of the representatives White Housein a speech to the media in a foreign press center.

“This is a program that the Chinese have been working on for several years. They (the Chinese) tried to improve it, grow it and enlarge it, all for the purpose of obtaining intelligence information,” the spokesman said. .

Kirby announced that the United States is talking to its allies around the world to provide them with information on the scope of this program. espionage and, without giving details, indicated that new information on the matter would be made public this Wednesday.

“The United States is not the only country that has been affected by this. And we consider it important that our partners and allies have information about this,” he said.

The United States shot down a Chinese “spy balloon” last Saturday that flew for several days over various parts of the country, such as the state of Montana (northeast), where one of the three active silo nuclear missiles on US soil is located. located.

This is not a “military threat”

China he acknowledged that the balloon was his, but said that it had been lost and that it was being used for meteorological purposes and not for espionage.

USA He also announced last Friday that he had discovered another “spy balloon” over Latin America, which the Chinese government acknowledged but continued to claim the airship did not pose “any threat.”

Asked by EFE about this balloonKirby explained that the Joe Biden government determined that the airship did not pose a “military threat” to the region, the same conclusion made by US intelligence agencies regarding the Chinese balloon that flew over the United States.

According to various sources, the countries where the plane was found are Costa Rica, Colombia and Venezuela.

The discovery of these “spy balloons” sparked a diplomatic crisis between the US and China and led to the suspension of a trip that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken planned to make to the Asian country. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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