A US fighter jet on Saturday shot down what it mentioned was a Chinese language spy balloon
Bogota, Columbia:
Colombia mentioned an “object” had overflown its territory after Washington warned {that a} suspected Chinese language spy balloon just like the one shot down off the US coast had been noticed over Latin America.
Colombia’s Air Power mentioned the thing with “traits just like these of a balloon” was detected on Friday and “monitored till it left the nationwide air area.”
The item flew at an altitude of 55,000 ft (17,000 meters) and a mean pace of 25 knots (29 miles per hour, 46 kilometers per hour), mentioned an air drive assertion Saturday, including it “didn’t represent a risk to nationwide safety and protection or to aviation safety.”
The air drive mentioned it was conducting investigations in coordination with different international locations and establishments “to ascertain the origins of the thing.”
A US fighter jet on Saturday shot down what it mentioned was a Chinese language spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, denouncing an “unacceptable violation.”
The craft spent a number of days flying over North America, ratcheting up tensions between Washington and Beijing, which mentioned it was a climate balloon blown off beam.
One other suspected Chinese language spy balloon was seen over Latin America, the Pentagon mentioned Friday, with out offering particulars.
No different Latin American nation has reported recognizing the craft, whereas Venezuela on Sunday lashed out towards “the assault by the USA towards a civilian unmanned plane of Chinese language origin.”
Caracas, underneath US sanctions, mentioned in an announcement: “The USA as soon as once more resorts to the usage of drive fairly than treating this case with the seriousness and duty it deserves.”
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