Republican Senator Marco Rubio told the TV channel: A B CChina sent a balloon into US airspace to demonstrate the fall of the United States.
He admitted that the Chinese side knew exactly what they were doing. Beijing realized that the Americans would see a balloon in the sky.
The Senator believes the “message” was intended to show that the United States is currently “ruined” and “in decline”.
In addition, Rubio asked the Pentagon for specific and detailed explanations as to why the balloon had not been dropped earlier and what information it was able to gather.
Former US military shot A civilian balloon of the PRC over the territory of the United States.
In the United States, a Chinese balloon flying around the country was considered a spy device. In Beijing they said the balloon was civilian and accidentally crashed over the United States.