Beijing says it regrets the 'airship's' unintended entry into American airspace. Read more at straitstimes.com.
is a civilian “airship” used for weather and other scientific research that strayed into American airspace.
“The airship is from China and is civilian in nature, used for meteorological and other scientific research. Due to the influence of westerly winds and its limited control capability, the airship deviated from its intended course,” the ministry said. Pentagon officials disclosed on Thursday that they detected an “intelligence-gathering balloon, most certainly launched by ” over Montana, a state that is home to about 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
A senior US defence official said fighter jets, including F-22s, were scrambled in case the White House ordered the object to be shot down.
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