China and the United States ● Balloon Event
(Washington Composite Electric) The US government said that suspected that the Chinese spy balloon incident did not weaken Sino -US relations, and the United States remained calm about relations with China.
In an interview with the US President Biden on Monday (February 6), he responded to criticizing him to criticize his response to the slow response of the balloon incident.He said he always thought that as long as the opportunity was appropriate, he shot down the balloon as soon as possible.
As for whether this incident will weaken Sino -US relations, Biden said, "No, we have clearly told China what we are going to do. They understand our position and we will not give up. We have done the right thing. This isIt is reality that is not weakened or strengthened (relationship). "
The White House Press Secretary Jan -Pierre said at a regular press conference on Monday that the United States will maintain calmness, resoluteness and pragmatic relations in China, and will maintain the communication channels of both parties.
She said: "This will not change our practices in the future with diplomatic talks with diplomatic relationships ... What kind of relationship China wants to seek is determined by them."
The United States found a balloon from China on January 28, which shot down on February 4.The United States means that this is a spy balloon, and China is called civilian scientific balloon.
The search team picked up the wreckage from the sea and the weather was difficult to detect difficulty underwater
The U.S. Coast Guard set up a temporary security zone near the waters near South Carolina, where the balloon was shot down on Monday, searched the balloon wreckage, and was prepared to be analyzed by intelligence experts.
The White House National Security Council spokesman Cerby said that the search team has picked up some wreckage from the sea, but due to the bad weather at sea, it is difficult to detect underwater detection.
He said that the United States had no intention of returning the balloon wreckage to the Chinese side, and hoped that the more the more wreckage, the better to obtain precious information.
He revealed that this balloon is not only drifting in the air, but also equipped with propellers and steering devices, which can be accelerated, decelerated, and turning operations to a certain extent.
The commander of the Northern Command of the United States said that the naval ships are drawing a balloon fragments to scatter the scattered range, and it is expected to be about 1500 meters by 1500 meters.This balloon is 60 meters high, and the effective load weighs thousands of pounds, which is equivalent to a jet -type passenger aircraft.
Bloomberg quoted insiders reports that suspected that Chinese spy balloon also appeared over the United States many times during the Trump's administration, three of which were close to sensitive military facilities and training areas.
These balloons are said to have appeared near Guam, Florida, Hawaii, and the United States in the Pacific Base in the Pacific.California in California.
Different from this time, the balloon discovered during the Trump administration was less and only stopped in the United States for a short time.The intelligence department originally classified them as an unknown phenomenon, and later confirmed it as a balloon.At that time, the assessment suspected that these balloons came from China, but the official was not sure.It is reported that the United States only confirmed that some of these balloons were Chinese military assets after the Bayeng government came to power.
Van Heck admitted on Monday that before discovery this balloon, the military had not found a balloon, and this time it was also learned from the intelligence agency's notification."We have not detected these threats. This is the airspace perception vulnerability we must solve."
