China dismisses U.S. House resolution as political point ploy
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning China for the use of the surveillance balloon that was shot down. China insists that this balloon entered unintentionally. On Laura Ingraham’s show on Fox News, we learn that the balloon may have Western parts, and that the makers were connected to the Chinese military.
From Fox News:
“The Chinese side has repeatedly shared information and stated its position on the unintended entry of the unmanned Chinese civilian airship into US airspace due to force majeure,” Mao said.
The House’s resolution condemns China for the incursion and says it should be U.S. policy to “promptly and decisively act to prevent foreign aerial surveillance.” It also calls on the Biden administration to take several steps to explain to Congress how it handled the incident — a set of instructions that may explain why some Democrats voted against it.
“The U.S. Congress’s resolution is purely about scoring political points and dramatizing the whole thing,” Mao claimed. “China deplores it and firmly opposes it.”
Earlier this week, senior military and national security officials confirmed that the downed balloon was tied to a major surveillance program run by China’s military. The program relies on dated balloon technology along with modern signal surveillance techniques. The balloons travel through the upper atmosphere, hovering between 60,000 and 80,000 feet above Earth, above where commercial jets travel.
The balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina by a U.S. military fighter jet on Saturday afternoon. A senior U.S. military official said that an F-22 was used to bring down the balloon at 58,000 feet with a single A9X missile.
When asked about the nature of the equipment on the aircraft, Mao replied, “I do not have the information.”
Fox News has the rest of the story, and the Laura Ingraham segment, here.
Category: China, International Affairs
Fuck Communist China.
Chicoms won’t answer the hotline either:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/just-rang-crises-us-china-051747688.html
I recall a story from ‘way back when, adud Russian missile was pulled apart for analysis and there was a big TI stamped on a circuit board. Turned out the Rusians had copied a Texas Instruments board, and were unsure if here was a functional reason for the TI stamp, so they included it on their board.
“ unintended entry” my left testicle!
FJB and FCCP.
So did Milley warn the CHiCOMs about our much delayed action of shooting this thing down? Or is that only reserved for Trump?
Embarrassing amount of time and attention given to this non-issue. Chasing balloons… seriously.
The Chinese Communists knew exactly what they were doing. So did their bought and paid for puppet, Prezzy Sniffy Creepy.
And now, there’s been another one. At least they shot this one down.
one more and we get a stuffed panda ..from china
I thought it was shoot down two get one free like on Temu?
They aren’t wrong.
“…due to force majeure”
Yeah, the prevailing winds blow west to east. Surprise!