WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday (Feb 8) that suspected Chinese spy balloons like the one it shot down were part of a 'fleet' that has spanned five continents, as NATO joined in voicing concern. Pointing to global ramifications of the incident that has animated the United States, Secretary of S
WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday that suspected Chinese spy balloons like the one it shot down were part of a"fleet" that has spanned five continents, as NATO joined in voicing concern.
"We're doing so because the United States was not the only target of this broader program, which has violated the sovereignty of countries across five continents," he told a joint news conference with NATO's visiting chief. "The Chinese balloon over the United States confirms a pattern of Chinese behavior where we see that China over the last years has invested heavily in new military capabilities," Stoltenberg said.
"What happens in Europe today could happen in Asia tomorrow," Stoltenberg said, pointing to China's pressure on Taiwan, the self-governing democracy claimed by Beijing. Biden, in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, said that his orders to shoot down the balloon showed that the United States would not hesitate to act when needed.
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