Unmanned airship over US was an unexpected incident: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman

The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a press release. In which China reiterated that the unmanned civilian airship that flew over US territory was merely an unexpected incident. 

Responding to a question about the unmanned airship, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said that we have made it clear time and again that the unmanned Chinese civilian airship is not allowed to fly over the US. The passing was a completely unexpected event.

He also said that China rejects this unexpected and hyping and political manipulation.

The statement said that China has made it clear that the unmanned aerial vehicle is a civilian airship used for meteorological and other research purposes. goes.

According to Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh, US officials are still assessing the areas from where the balloons were recovered and have taken precautionary measures to limit the intelligence value.

The media questioned whether the balloon was capable of transmitting intelligence back to China. In response to this question, he said that the US has taken preventive measures to protect its own military installations from foreign intelligence collection.

He also said that China rejects this unexpected and hyping and political manipulation.

The statement said that China has made it clear that the unmanned aerial vehicle is a civilian airship used for meteorological and other research purposes. goes.A Pentagon spokeswoman revealed that the FBI is still assessing the balloon itself. He said that when we first started tracking the balloon, we found that the balloon could have been intentionally driven along this track.

But we took precautionary steps to limit the value of the intelligence it would be able to collect, said Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina.