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China has expressed fury at Washington’s decision to shoot down a device that it insists was an unmanned weather surveillance aircraft that had veered off course last week.
“Affected by weather forces in addition to its maneuverability being limited, the airship deviated greatly from its expected course, and accidentally entered Latin American and Caribbean airspace,” spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing. Investigations were being conducted in coordination with other countries and institutions to establish the object’s origins, it said.The other balloon had spent several days flying over North America before Washington said on Saturday an F-22 fighter jet had shot it down off the coast of South Carolina.
Beijing has said the balloon that was shot down was primarily gathering weather data and that it had been blown off course. That was because any instrumentation on the airship was more likely to survive a water landing than if it had been shot down earlier over land.Schumer said the full Senate would receive a classified briefing on February 15.
Plans for the visit were announced after President Joe Biden held a rare summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Bali in November.China had issued a rare statement of regret for the initial incident moments ahead of the announcement that Blinken’s trip to Beijing had been canceled.
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