a suspected Chinese spy balloonThe decision came hours after the Chinese government confirmed the massive balloon belonged to them, while insisting it wasCanceling the long-planned trip underscores how seriously the White House views the incident despite the Chinese government’s public attempt at contrition. Blinken would’ve been the highest-ranking Biden Administration official to visit China and the first U.S. secretary of state to go to Beijing in six years.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem on Jan. 31, 2023.The balloon has never posed a risk to Americans’ safety but it does remain over the U.S., and is expected to stay for a “few days,” he told reporters at the Pentagon. “It violated U.S. airspace,” he said. “It violated international law. We’ve communicated that to the government of China.”that the balloon did come from China.
Republicans in Congress took notice. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy demanded a briefing for the “Gang of Eight,” a colloquial term for the Republican and Democrat Congressional leaders who are informed on classified intelligence matters from the executive branch. Meanwhile, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas called for the abrupt cancellation of Blinken’s trip.
Flights to and from Billings Logan International Airport were halted on Wednesday as U.S. commanders determined what to do with the balloon. In the end, following recommendations of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and General Glen VanHerck, commander of U.S.
SATELLITES IS OK PLANES IS OK SHIPS IS OK EVERYTHING IS OK , BUT JUST WEATHER MEASURING BALOON THE MOST IMPORTANT , THERE IS NO CHINA FAULTH THAT BALLON IS OUT OF CONTROL IF THE IS A CONTROL ATLL , BRAVO CHINA
That’s not a Chinese balloon lol
it's white; they want peace
Tbh, the world wouls be very boring without China!
get_this_v
What if the balloon was being used to verify and paint targets for missile attacks!
Detail mapping of the United States before they attack
Part of terror
nice
They’re just really big fans of the show Yellowstone
There is another Chinese surveillance balloon transiting Latin America right now, PentagonPresSec says in a new statement.
If Trump were president you would be watching it hit te ground. Of course we are just taking it.
I would replace lingers with drifts... It is a balloon
Yeah should take down in the ground immediately!!
Lol why china? Is it not your own? 🤣🤣🤣
And what about if it is spreading something…?
I can’t believe we just letting this “balloon” float around. We are so advanced with technology. Our only option is to shoot it down? Make it make sense. We can’t deflate it and control the landing? I hope they at least stopped signals from going out.
Its in GA .
Do you think it’s 1960s now?
It looks like... Biden's Mathias Rust 😉
communist Time publication says Communists balloon is over US soil. 🤡🤡
Don’t tell me the Chinese are trying to take the Dutton ranch now too! damn season 6 of Yellowstone going to be lit
The Pentagon has no idea what this is. How easy it is to say 'ballon' only when an amateur with a cellphone captures it, yet it has been in the sky for who knows how long prior to yesterday. Our defense military is watching it closely as it floats away... 😉
John Dutton and Rip are gonna send this thing straight to the train station
It's not over Montana right now, you're too slow.
Hide the sheep!
They could be looking for property 💁🏻♀️
Highest defense spending on the planet, and can't shoot a spy balloon down?
Un globo meteorológico, no espía. Pekín reconoce que el globo avistado en cielo de Canadá y EEUU es propio, pero que tiene un uso civil (recopilación de datos meteorológicos en atmósfera superior) y que los vientos provocaron su deriva (hacia sitios militares de USA) Cuento chino
for sure, must be stressfull.. in the ancient times they justed starred at it I heard
Can’t MTGreen just borrow some Jewish guys space laser and shoot it down?
You are still living in your dark ages , sober up.. Sensationalism is a Hollywood movies ..
🤣🤣🤣 Any word if Wynken and Nod are still going?
At a time when the two superpowers are seeking to avoid open conflict over issues such as China's claim to Taiwan, there's reason to believe that, even without a fight, this could be a 'modern war' in cyberspace, in which China's positioning itself as an actor to be reckoned with
也许只是庆祝春节放的大灯笼吧😂
Putin is the biggest winner 🥇
They probably scared to shoot it down maybe it has nuclear in it 😳
If Trump would of been president now the wind of not blow the balloon into the United States 🥴
Living in fear. USA & Media.
We are no longer a player on the world stage. China has a free march to world domination if they want it.
Naw they are jist saving face because the balloon got made public. This is a normal thing. China spys on us and we spy on them.
Not serious enough. Biden constantly let’s Russia and China enter our airspace. He’s weak AF
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