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Secretary-General “needs to strengthen cooperation between allies”… 14-15 discuss response at the Defense Ministers’ Meeting
(Brussels = Yonhap News) Correspondent Bitna Jung = NATO member countries discuss countermeasures in relation to the ‘Chinese reconnaissance balloon’ incident that recently entered US airspace.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg held a press conference at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on the 13th (local time) and responded to inquiries regarding China’s reconnaissance balloons, saying, “What we have recently observed in US airspace is that China is increasing its reconnaissance activities once morest its NATO allies. It is part of a pattern,” he said. “This is also true of Russia.”
He said that in addition to reconnaissance balloons, China and Russia are conducting reconnaissance activities using various platforms, including cyber and satellites. did.
In particular, at the NATO Defense Ministers’ Meeting, which opens on the 14th, he said, “We will discuss ways to share more information, including commercial satellites, along with strengthening cooperation between allies in space.”
Previously, the US military authorities announced that they had shot down the flying object off the coast of eastern South Carolina on the 4th, one day following the Chinese ‘reconnaissance balloon’ disclosed that it had invaded its airspace.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Young-eun = The US military shot down an unidentified object with an F-16 fighter jet over Lake Huron on the US-Canada border on the 12th (local time). This is the fourth time that a flying object has been shot down in US and Canadian airspace, including the downing of a Chinese reconnaissance balloon on the 4th. 0eun@yna.co.kr Twitter @yonhap_graphics Facebook tuney.kr/LeYN1
At the time, China admitted that the balloon was its own, but explained that the entry into the airspace was force majeure due to wind, and that the balloon itself was for scientific research, not for military use.
However, as the US authorities disclosed one following another that they had shot down unidentified flying objects over Alaska on the 10th, Yukon, Canada on the 11th, and Lake Huron on the US-Canada border on the 12th, other Western countries also believed that Chinese reconnaissance balloons had already entered and were operating. It is known that they are keeping an eye on the possibility.
“The UK and its allies will review what an invasion of our airspace means for our security,” British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on the same day. Another sign that it’s getting worse.”
However, China denies any connection to the rest of the flying objects other than the balloons that were first released, saying that it is “not known”.
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