A jet flies by a suspected Chinese spy balloon at Surfside Beach in South Carolina, US, on February 4, 2023.
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China’s Defense Ministry on Sunday protested against the US “attack” of an unmanned Chinese airship on the United States, saying it was an “apparent exaggeration”.
Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said in a statement that China reserves the right to use necessary means to deal with similar situations.
A US military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, a week after it entered US airspace for the first time and launched a dramatic – and public – spying saga that has rocked Sino-US relations. spoiled the
China has said that the craft was a weather balloon that was blown up.
