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How china views the united states, how view the us relationship. a very different pathway weve been on for certainly the last decade or so. this marked change is something the united states is in some ways part of but in some ways has to respond to because its not business as usual any more, that is for sure. jenny, what will concern people in washington is he made in equivalence today against the us applying defensive weapons ukraine and to taiwan and the chinese applying legal aid to russia. d...

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Wind speeds vary hugely depending on how high up you are. and at the altitude where this balloon was flying, there is a very stable and predictable wind pattern between china and north america. so, what are the balloons actually being used for? the answer is espionage. they carry sensors to collect signals and data as they fly over locations. us officials are analysing the wreckage they recovered from the sea in order to try and understand what exactly those sensors do and what china was after. ...

Washington has claimed the balloon was part of a sprawling chinese intelligence programme. heres chinas new foreign minister, ching gung, speaking on the sidelines of the annual meeting of chinas parliament in beijing. translation: the united states claims to be competing to win against china, rather than seeking conflict. but, the united states so—called competition is total containment and suppression, a zero—sum game in which you die and i live. the united states perception and views of c...

The consequences. potentially in terms of sanctions, its one of the reasons why china moves forward to support russia in ukraine, i cant understand some of my colleagues who are willing to say, well, i dont really care about ukraine, but im concerned about china. well, china and russia, these authoritarian regimes, are linked, and weve got to the make sure putin is not successful in ukraine, and weve got the make sure xi does not have further expansion plans for taiwan. shannon: and we we know e...

Like the u—2 spy plane or the 71 blackbird, again, spy plane. crews would wear kind of spacesuits, full pressure suits, and most jet fighters arent equipped for that. also, where there have been previous examples of weather balloons, for example, or surveillance balloons from the us side that have kind of got lost or cables have broken, where fighters have tried to shoot them down at lower altitudes using cheaper gunnery, youve had instances where hundreds or even thousands of cannon rounds ha...

From the sea in order to try and understand what exactly those sensors do and what china was after. you dont need to get into specifics, just, did we know what theyre trying to collect, yes or no? yes, sir. we understand that this is part of a broader suite of operations that china is undertaking... so, we knew what they were looking for. sir, we i think we should talk about this more explicitly in the classified session. but, yes, sir, we understand that this is part of the broader suite of ope...

The us military said they couldnt shoot it down for fear of causing debris or damage below, so it was only when it drifted across america and out over the atlantic that they eventually shot it down. the spotting of the first balloon led north american air defense, norad, to adjust their radar settings. domestic political pressure may have played a part. this is the atrocity thats happening here to america, and if we dont speak stronger, china will continue to do this. scramble some more f—22 r...

In other words, perhaps weather balloons or research balloons, but not spy balloons. so, what do we know about the original spy balloon? it was huge — 200 feet tall and helium—filled. there were solar panels to provide power and sensors and instruments along the bottom. it also had some ability to be manoeuvred and guided, although only limited. it was flying at about 60,000 feet. but its thought that these kinds of balloons can go up to twice that altitude. and to really understand why they...

It and well take appropriate action. one was seen over alaska and shot down near a place called deadhorse on february 10th. the next day, another object was shot down over the yukon in canada. and then, on february 12th, a strange octagonal object was shot down by fighters over lake huron. these were lower and smaller than the first balloon, but they could have got in the way of civilian airliners. there seemed to be things in the sky everywhere. at the same time, china began accusing the us of ...