The Department of Defense is confident the apparent Chinese spy balloon is being used for surveillance, swatting away Beijing's insistence that it's a civilian aircraft.
Department of Defense spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters on Friday that the Pentagon is aware of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' explanation for the rogue surveillance balloon but dismissed it."So first of all, we are aware of the PRC statement. However, the fact is we know that it's a surveillance balloon. And I'm not going to be able to be more specific than that. We do know that the balloon has violated U.S.
Ryder said the balloon, which is about 60,000 feet over the ground,"has the ability to maneuver" itself and has"changed its course," seemingly contradicting the Chinese Foreign Ministry's claim that it simply deviated off course. The balloon is moving east across the continental United States and is now"currently over the center" of the country, he added, though he wouldn't provide more specificity.
"The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes," a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed Friday."Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course. The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into U.S. airspace due to force majeure. The Chinese side will continue communicating with the U.S.
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