According to him, the American side knows for sure that the Chinese balloon that was shot down earlier was collecting intelligence.
“We have no indication that the (new. -
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) balloon is capable of doing the same,” Kirby said at a briefing.
He noted that the origin of the object shot down over Alaska is currently unknown.
Earlier, Kirby said that the US military shot down an unidentified "high-altitude object" in the sky over Alaska.