{"id":547963,"date":"2023-02-05T05:21:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T02:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/u-s-downs-chinese-balloon-drawing-a-threat-from-china\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T05:21:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T02:21:40","slug":"u-s-downs-chinese-balloon-drawing-a-threat-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-downs-chinese-balloon-drawing-a-threat-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"#U.S. downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407b03618c6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407b03618c6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-downs-chinese-balloon-drawing-a-threat-from-china\/#US_downs_Chinese_balloon_drawing_a_threat_from_China\" >U.S. downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_downs_Chinese_balloon_drawing_a_threat_from_China\"><\/span>U.S. downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian aircraft and threatened repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden issued the order but had wanted the balloon downed even earlier, on Wednesday. He was advised that the best time for the operation would be when it was over water, U.S. officials said. Military officials determined that bringing it down over land from an altitude of 60,000 feet would pose an undue risk to people on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>China responded that it reserved the right to \u201ctake further actions\u201d and criticized the U.S. for \u201can obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its statement Sunday, China&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that \u201cChina will resolutely uphold the relevant company\u2019s legitimate rights and interests, and at the same time reserving the right to take further actions in response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The presence of the balloon in the skies above the U.S. this week dealt a severe blow to already strained U.S.-Chinese relations that have been in a downward spiral for years. It prompted <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-antony-blinken-china-314302278a5f05bdc2df146ed5b35ec6\" data-ylk=\"slk:Secretary of State Antony Blinken\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken<\/a> to abruptly cancel a high-stakes Beijing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> aimed at easing tensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey successfully took it down and I want to compliment our aviators who did it,\u201d Biden said after getting off Air Force One en route to Camp David.<\/p>\n<p>The giant white orb was spotted Saturday morning over the Carolinas as it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roached the Atlantic coast. About 2:39 p.m. EST, an F-22 fighter jet fired a missile at the balloon, puncturing it while it was about 6 nautical miles off the coast near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, senior defense officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The spectacle had Americans looking to the skies all week, wondering whether the mysterious balloon had floated over them.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Ashlyn Preaux, 33, went out to get her mail in Forestbrook, South Carolina, and noticed her neighbors looking up \u2014 and there it was, the balloon in the cloudless blue sky. Then she saw fighter jets circling and the balloon get hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not anticipate waking up to be in a \u2018Top Gun\u2019 movie today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The debris landed in 47 feet of water, shallower than officials had expected, and it spread out over roughly seven miles and the recovery operation included several ships. The officials estimated the recovery efforts would be completed in a short time, not weeks. A salvage vessel was en route.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. defense and military officials said Saturday that the balloon entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Monday. It crossed back into U.S. territory over northern Idaho on Tuesday, the day the White House said Biden was first briefed on it.<\/p>\n<p>The balloon <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-montana-state-government-china-2a539a80a4a8473f102bd4ed66496d19\" data-ylk=\"slk:was spotted Thursday over Montana\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">was spotted Thursday over Montana<\/a>, home to Malmstrom Air Force Base, which has fields of nuclear missile silos.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans were able to collect intelligence on the balloon as it flew over the U.S., giving them a number of days to analyze it and learn how it moved and what it was capable of surveilling, according to two senior defense officials said. The officials briefed reporters on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The officials said the U.S. military was constantly assessing the threat, and concluded that the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> on the balloon didn\u2019t give the Chinese significant intelligence beyond what it could already obtain from satellites, though the U.S. took steps to mitigate what information it could gather as it moved along.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans were critical of Biden&#8217;s response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing a spy balloon from the Communist Party of China to travel across the entire continental United States before contesting its presence is a disastrous projection of weakness by the White House,\u201d said Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., tweeted: \u201cNow that this embarrassing episode is over, we need answers from the Biden Administration on the decision-making process. Communist China was allowed to violate American sovereignty unimpeded for days. We must be better prepared for future provocations and incursions by the CCP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was more positive: \u201cThank you to the men and women of the United States military who were responsible for completing the mission to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon. The Biden Administration did the right thing in bringing it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China has claimed that the balloon was merely a weather research \u201cairship\u201d that had been blown off course. The Pentagon rejected that out of hand \u2014 as well as China\u2019s contention that it was not being used for surveillance and had only limited navigational ability.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government on Saturday sought to play down the cancellation of Blinken&#8217;s trip. \u201cIn actuality, the U.S. and China have never announced any visit, the U.S. making any such announcement is their own business, and we respect that,\u201d China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon also acknowledged reports of a second balloon flying over Latin America. \u201cWe now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,\u201d Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement. Officials said the balloons are part of a fleet that China uses for surveillance, and they can be maneuvered remotely through small motors and propellers. One official said they carry equipment in the pod under the balloon that is not usually associated with standard meteorological activities or civilian research.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to a question about the second balloon.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Chinese spy balloons have crossed into U.S. airspace in recent years, one of the officials said. At least three times during the Trump administration and at least one other time during Biden\u2019s time as president they\u2019ve seen balloons cross, but not for this long, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken, who had been due to depart Washington for Beijing late Friday, said he had told senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in a phone call that sending the balloon over the U.S. was \u201can irresponsible act and that (China\u2019s) decision to take this action on the eve of my visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uncensored reactions on the Chinese internet mirrored the official government stance that the U.S. was hyping the situation. Some used it as a chance to poke fun at U.S. defenses, saying it couldn\u2019t even defend against a balloon, and nationalist influencers leaped to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> to mock the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>China has denied any claims of spying and said it is a civilian-use balloon intended for meteorology research. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the balloon\u2019s journey was out of its control and urged the U.S. not to \u201csmear\u201d it because of the balloon.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for the operation Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily closed airspace over the Carolina coast, including the airports in Myrtle Beach and Charleston, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina. The FAA rerouted air traffic from the area and warned of delays as a result of the flight restrictions. The FAA and Coast Guard worked to clear the airspace and water below the balloon as it reached the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Television footage showed a small explosion, followed by the giant deflated balloon descending like a ribbon toward the water.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Swanson said he watched the balloon deflate instantly from his house in Myrtle Beach as fighter jets circled around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it deflated it was pretty close to instantaneous,\u201d he said. \u201cOne second it\u2019s there like a tiny moon and the next second it\u2019s gone.\u201d Swanson added that a trail of smoke followed the balloon as it dropped.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press writers Chris Megerian in Hagerstown, Md.; Tara Copp and Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington; Meg Kinnard in Columbia, S.C.; Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville, Tenn.; Huizhong Wu in Taipei; and researcher Henry Hou in Beijing contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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