by Elizabeth Elkind at Daily Mail
- Biden officials reportedly detected suspected Chinese surveillance balloons in 12 different countries across five continents before the recent incident
- The latest balloon’s slow track over the US gave officials unique time to study it
- The three detected under Trump were called ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’
China‘s suspected ‘spy balloon’ that unnerved millions of Americans across the country last week is seemingly part of a larger global surveillance plot by Beijing‘s authoritarian government, a new report claimed on Wednesday.
Citing three US intelligence sources, the New York Times reports that last week’s diplomatic incident is part of a world-wide campaign of Chinese spying.
The likely goal is reportedly to gather more information about American military bases as well as other countries’ military capabilities.
Such surveillance devices were reportedly detected in at least 12 different countries across five continents.
Air Force jets shot down the balloon which kicked off public furor over Beijing’s brazen spying tactics on Saturday, just off the coast of South Carolina.
China ‘s suspected ‘spy balloon’ that unnerved millions of Americans across the country last week is seemingly part of a larger global surveillance plot by Beijing ‘s authoritarian government, a new report claimed on Wednesday…