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2023 Chinese balloon incident

2023 diplomatic incident involving a Chinese balloon in Canadian and U.S. airspace

  • Chinese balloon incident
  • 2023 Chinese spy balloon incident
  • 2023 China balloon incident
  • Chinese spy balloon incident

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Spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Mao Ning said the balloon was "a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course." The United States Department of State rejected this claim. (English)
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The balloon over Billings, Montana (English)
Balonul deasupra orașului Billings, statul Montana (Romanian)
1 February 2023

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45°48'9.46"N, 108°32'19.72"W
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Chinese balloon fall.webm
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Video of the downing by an F-22 (English)
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Canada monitoring 'potential second incident' of Chinese surveillance craft over its airspace (English)
Canada says NORAD tracking high-altitude surveillance balloon detected over the U.S. (English)
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US calls Montana balloon ‘a clear violation of sovereignty’ and dismisses China’s claims it is not a spy ship (English)
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2023
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4 February 2023
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ChineseSpyBalloon
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2023 Chinese balloon incident
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