NATO Chief: China, Russia May Be ‘Increasing Surveillance’ With Balloon Incidents
The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said Monday that recent balloon incidents are part of a pattern suggesting that the Chinese regime and Russia are increasing surveillance of U.S. territory.
“What we saw over the United States is part of a pattern where China and also Russia are increasing surveillance activities on NATO allies,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Monday.
Earlier this month, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon traveled over much of the United States before it was shot down by a fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Feb. 10, 11, and 12), U.S. military jets downed three objects over North America: one was shot down in northern Alaska, one in Canada’s Yukon Territory, and one was shot down near Lake Huron, Michigan….