Britain reviews airspace security after the shooting down of Chinese and US spy balloons

(PLO) – The UK is conducting a security review of its airspace after the scandals from the shooting down of a spy balloon by China and the US.

On February 13, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that the London government will conduct a review of airspace security after the shooting down of a US-China hot air balloon, the newspaper said. The Telegraph news.

Mr. Wallace said the hot air balloon shootings in the past few days showed “a big picture” of global threats that are changing for the worse, and he stressed that the UK would consider and assessing the impact of airspace violations on national security issues.

British Defense Secretary – Mr. Ben Wallace. Photo: REUTERS

Theo The Telegraphthe London government conducted the above security review to assess the situation, whether changes need to be made in monitoring British airspace.

Earlier, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stressed that the government “will do whatever is necessary to keep the country safe”.

According to the news agency Archyde.com, the British airspace review took place in the context that the US had just shot down a Chinese hot air balloon that it believed was used for spying on February 4, and then Washington shot down three balloons. other in North America. Meanwhile, Beijing said it was just a civilian balloon to help forecast weather and said the US was “overreacting”.

Which countries did the 'strange hot air balloon' fly into?

Which countries did the ‘strange hot air balloon’ fly into?

(PLO)- Many countries such as the US, Canada, China and Japan have detected hot air balloons, objects suspected of being hot air balloons flying into the airspace.

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