2023-05-02 12:03:08
The US military is tracking the movement of a balloon of unknown origin that flew over the state of Hawaii, reports NBC with reference to sources. According to preliminary data, the balloon does not pose a threat to aircraft or national security, and does not transmit any signals.
The US administration believes that this object does not belong to China, but has not yet established the owner. Now the balloon is “moving slowly towards Mexico,” NBC sources said. According to the interlocutors of the TV channel, the United States does not rule out that they can shoot down the object if it approaches American soil.
At the end of January, a Chinese balloon flew into US airspace. Beijing claimed the craft was a meteorological probe that was blown off course by the wind, but Washington considered the balloon to be a reconnaissance balloon. The device was destroyed on the orders of Joe Biden on February 4 by an air-to-air missile. Beijing protested to Washington in this regard. The incident caused the cancellation of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to China.
Details – in the material “Kommersant” “The threat of a ball war.”
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