US says Chinese military behind vast aerial spy program.
WASHINGTON — China’s military is likely behind a huge aerial spy program that has targeted more than 40 countries on five continents with high-altitude surveillance balloons similar to the Atlantic coast last weekend, the Biden administration said Thursday.
Source: CNN/PLA Eastern Theater Command / Weibo/State media/Jonathan Snyder / LSM/Paul Inman/Esteban Carranza/Cheng Chen-feng/Taiwan's Ministry of National Defe China’s defense minister refused to take a phone call from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to discuss the balloon issue on Saturday, the Pentagon said. China has not answered questions as to what government department or company the balloon belonged to, or how it planned to follow up on a pledge to take further action over the matter.
The official provided details to reporters by email on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the matter, which had already forced the cancellation of a planned visit to China earlier this week by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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