INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
WASHINGTON: China has actually run a fleet of spy balloons targeting several nations, including India and Japan, a media report has stated,
days after the United States military shot down a Chinese security craft drifting over sensitive setups in the country.US officials have
actually briefed its buddies and allies, including India, on the finds of the Chinese security balloon that was shot down by a fighter jet
off the coast of South Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday
On Monday, deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman briefed authorities from about 40 embassies here about it
The monitoring balloon effort, which has run for several years partly out of Hainan province off Chinas south coast, has gathered info on
military assets in countries and areas of emerging strategic interest to China, consisting of Japan, India, Vietnam, Taiwan and the
Philippines, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday
The Posts report was based on interviews with several confidential defence and intelligence officials.Officials have said these surveillance
airships, operated in part by the Peoples Liberation Army air force, have been found over five continents, the day-to-day reported
These balloons are all part of a PRC (Peoples Republic of China) fleet of balloons established to perform monitoring operations, which also
broke the sovereignty of other nations, a senior defence authorities was priced quote as saying
According to the day-to-day, in the last few years, at least 4 balloons have been found over Hawaii, Florida, Texas and Guam-- in addition
to the one tracked last week.Three of the 4 instances took place during the Trump administration but were only recently determined as
Chinese security airships, it stated
The Pentagon on Tuesday released a series of images recuperating the high-altitude security balloon.
