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Chinese Surveillance Balloon Being Analyzed: Blinken
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0:59Now PlayingSecretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. has briefed dozens of countries on the Chinese spy ballon that is a part of a large surveillance program that China has been conducting for “several years" over several continents.
“The United States was not the only target,” he said at a news conference with visiting NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.
Blinken said he and Stoltenberg had spoken about the “systemic and tactical challenges” that China poses to the alliance and the importance of combatting them.
The foreign countries would include nations the U.S. believes have been surveilled in the past as well as NATO allies.
The State Department has sent a cable to all U.S. embassies and consulates outlining the administration’s case against China and instructing American diplomats to discuss these points with their host governments.
However, the cable is less specific than what has been briefed to allies and partners.
Off the South Carolina coast, meanwhile, Navy divers began pulling pieces of the downed Chinese spy balloon from the depths of the ocean floor on Tuesday, using sophisticated reconnaissance drones dubbed the Kingfish and the Swordfish to locate the debris.
Blinken and Stoltenberg also spoke about the ongoing war in Ukraine and how does the alliances determine which weapons to supply.
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