“The US wouldn’t shoot it down, and now Biden’s only reaction is it won’t hurt our relations with them???”
(Mary Dowling – Independent Sentinel) According to the State Department, China’s spycraft, which targeted US communications, flew over more than 40 countries and is directed by the Chinese military.
The NY Times reports:
The United States used high-resolution imagery from U-2 flybys to determine the balloon’s capabilities, the department said in a written announcement, adding that the balloon’s equipment “was clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with the equipment onboard weather balloons.” Continue reading