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Joe Biden will shoot down any flying object that “threatens the US”

Biden assured that the downed flying objects were “probably balloons associated with private companies, entertainment establishments.” | Fountain: AFP | Photographer: DREW ANGERER

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The president USA, Joe Bidensaid on Thursday that he would not hesitate to shoot down any aerial object that threatens national security.

“If any object poses a threat to the security of the American people, I will shoot it down,” Biden warned days after he ordered the shooting down of a Chinese balloon and three other unidentified flying objects.

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Biden also noted that he plans to talk with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping about spy balloon which he ordered demolished on 4 February, but announced that he would not apologize for its demolition.

“I hope to speak with President Xi and I want to look into this issue. But I’m not going to apologize for hitting this balloon,” the president said, speaking to the press at the White House.

A Chinese “spy” balloon was detected in late January in US airspace and was shot down over the waters of the Atlantic on February 4. For several days, it flew over several areas of the country, such as the state of Montana (northwest), where one of the three existing nuclear missile silo fields is located. USA.

For its part, the Chinese government said the balloon entered US airspace by mistakenly deviating from its trajectory and claims it was used for meteorological purposes, not espionage.

UFO?

In addition to the “spy” ball, USA Last week, he shot down three more flying objects on his territory and in Canada, the origin of which is being investigated by US and Canadian authorities.

Biden said these latest flying objects appear to have nothing to do with the Chinese “spy” balloon and that, in fact, US intelligence believes they were “probably balloons associated with private companies, entertainment establishments” or research to which they are dedicated. meteorological phenomena or other scientific research.

The President added that the number of flying objects in US airspace has not increased, and attributed the recent downing of these objects to a change in the frequency of the radars that the Armed Forces did after the missile was discovered. Chinese spy balloon.

To remedy this situation, Biden said his National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is developing new flying object detection rules to be incorporated into a national defense strategy.

After years of tension with the government of Republican Donald Trump (2017-2021), Biden and Xi met for the first time as presidents last year at the G20 summit in Bali in an attempt to ease tensions and prevent rivalry between the two powers. open conflict.

However, the opening “spy balls” reignited tensions and led to the suspension of the trip to China what Secretary of State Anthony Blinken planned to do. EFE

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