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The detection of the Chinese surveillance balloon transiting Latin America comes a day after the Pentagon announced that a Chinese surveillance balloon within its territory was flying over Montana, leading to Blinken postponing his planned trip to Beijing.

Chinese surveillance balloon spotted a day after the Pentagon found another surveillance balloon within its territory

The airborne surveillance device was first spotted earlier this week over the western United States, setting off a diplomatic crisis. President Biden had been discussing military options with the Pentagon since Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden was briefed about the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the US, as it moves eastward, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Its got a large payload underneath the surveillance component, underneath the actual balloon piece of it

UPDATE, FEB. 4 AT 12:41 PM:

The Chinese surveillance balloon that traveled into U.S. territory this week has sparked comparisons from Republicans with the ongoing crisis at the southern border.

They also track things in canada with canadian military as well into the u.s. so for the first couple of days of the week long before anybody said shoot it down the president was probably getting increasingly good intel on a daily basis with the staff of a lot of different agencies working through courses of actions. now cedric leighton was on a little while ago and he talked about the coordination necessary. youre talking about first getting the information from narad, the north american area. ...

Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines said Friday his office first heard about a Chinese surveillance balloon flying over the U.S. from residents concerned about the mysterious airship near nuclear missile

Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines said Friday his office first heard about a Chinese surveillance balloon flying over the U.S. from residents concerned about the mysterious airship near nuclear missile