Taiwanese military personnel recorded a Chinese balloon approaching the island on December 18. This was reported in a publication of the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan in year X. RIA News.
According to the Taiwan Armed Forces, the Chinese balloon crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait at 9:09 a.m. on December 18 (4:09 a.m. Moscow time), 67 nautical miles (about 124 km) northwest of the city. Keelung. It was stated that the balloon was moving eastward at an altitude of approximately 4.5 km.
This is the third balloon of the People’s Republic of China since December 17, whose approach to the island was recorded by the Taiwanese military.
It was previously reported that a Chinese balloon would fly over US territory in early 2023. used American equipment for data collection.
Several Chinese weather observation balloons that lost control in early 2023 became the subject of discussions between the United States and China. Washington claimed that the balloons were equipped with spy equipment, but Beijing denied this information. On February 4, 2023, one such balloon was destroyed by the US Air Force, which China protested.
Previously US Secretary of State Antony Blinken statedThe United States and China need to leave behind the story that the American side brought down the Chinese bubble.