President Biden slapped sanctions on six Chinese aerospace companies to retaliate for the spy balloon that floated across the US mainland last week — but his administration remained mum on th…
— while slapping sanctions on six Chinese companies to retaliate for the spy balloon that floated across the US mainland last week.
Meanwhile, the Commerce Department blacklisted five aerospace corporations and one research institute late Friday, On Friday, a second object — this one “the size of a small car” — was destroyed by the US military soon after it entered American airspace at an altitude of 40,000 feet, according to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the Chinese balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program.The remnants of the large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina.“We don’t know who owns it – whether it’s state-owned or corporate-owned or privately-owned, we just don’t know,” Kirby told reporters Friday.
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