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China Giving Silent Treatment To US After “Spy Balloon” Shot Down: Report


China Silenced America After 'Shadow Spy' Was Shot Down: Report

F-22 Raptor shoots down Chinese spy balloon flying into US airspace

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China has been silent with the US since the US sent an F-22 Raptor down a Chinese spy balloon that flew into North American airspace last week. This can be seen in US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s call to Beijing which went unanswered, New York Post Office report.

According to the New York Post, China’s act of ignoring is the latest sign that US communications with its major rival are fractured, leading to fears that a relatively minor incident could turn into a major one. try bigger.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken planned to reopen lines of communication with China during a trip to Beijing. However, the trip was postponed after the Chinese spy balloon intrusion became public.

Therefore, when the Pentagon asked to hold a confidential phone call between Austin and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe, the answer was “no”.

China’s Ministry of National Defense still refuses to acknowledge that the balloon is conducting surveillance. The department said Austin’s call was rejected because the US “seriously violated international practices and set a very bad precedent” by shooting down what it said was a “civilian unmanned airship.” for scientific research derailed by “force majeure”. “.

“In view of the irresponsible actions and serious mistakes of the US side, and the failure to create an appropriate atmosphere for dialogue and exchange between the militaries of the two countries, China does not accept the US request for a phone call to China. between the two defense ministers,” China’s defense ministry said. Spokesman Colonel Tan Kefei said on Thursday, according to the New York Post.

The U.S. intelligence community has linked the Chinese spy balloon to an extensive surveillance program run by the People’s Liberation Army, and U.S. officials have begun notifying allies and partners about the situation. partners are similarly targeted, The Washington Post reported.

According to The Washington Post, the surveillance balloon effort, which has been operating for several years, partly off the coast of Hainan province off China’s southern coast, has collected information on military assets in different locations. Countries and regions with emerging strategic interests for China include Japan, India, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines, according to several US officials.

The surveillance balloons, operated in part by the PLA air force, have been spotted on five continents, according to officials.

“What the Chinese have done is take an incredibly old technology, and basically combine it with modern observation and communication capabilities to try to gather information about the situation,” an official said. reporting on other countries’ militaries. It’s a huge effort.”

The New York Times recently reported that, as part of the response to a Chinese spy balloon that flew over US airspace last week, the Joe Biden administration on Friday (local time) tighten the sale of some of their technology to some Chinese airlines and technology. companies.

(Except for the title, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from an aggregated feed.)

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