Pentagon tracks alleged Chinese spy balloon over US

“Clearly, the intent of this balloon is surveillance, and the current flight path takes it to a number of sensitive locations,” the official said.

The Pentagon does not believe it is a major threat because “it has limited additive value from an intelligence collection perspective.”

“We are taking measures to protect ourselves from the collection of confidential information by foreign intelligence,” the source said, however.

About Montana

The balloon entered American airspace “several days ago”, according to him, but US intelligence services had already tracked it before.

Several fighter planes examined the balloon as it flew over the northern state of Montana. It currently flies “at an altitude well above commercial air traffic” and “does not pose a military or physical threat to people on the ground,” Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement.

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China has sent surveillance balloons over the United States in the past.

The episode adds to tensions between the United States and China over Taiwan, which the Chinese government considers part of its territory and whose control the government intends to regain one day, even if by force.

(With AFP)