US sources insist Chinese balloon was military
"An official told the Washington Post that the US intelligence community believed some of the balloons were being flown from Hainan, a southern Chinese island that is home to a naval military base."
"Quoting an unnamed senior Biden administration official, CBS News confirmed that the US intelligence community believed the balloon was part, in its words, of an "aerial surveillance program run by the People's Liberation Army out of Hainan".
"On Monday, the US briefed 40 allied countries about the alleged espionage, a senior Biden administration official confirmed to CBS News."
neither article mentions who the forty countries were.
Whats interesting to me is the BBC is talking like were already at war and the battle lines have been drawn.
"On Monday, the US briefed 40 allied countries..."
Here is roughly the 40 as best I could tell;
Switzerland
Sweden
Australia
Denmark
Finland
Canada
Netherlands
New Zealand
Ireland
Norway
Malta
Germany
EU (Commission and Council)
Estonia
Lithuania
Austria
Japan
United Kingdom
Cyprus
Belgium
Croatia
South Korea
Italy
Slovakia
Latvia
Czech Republic
Romania
Taiwan
Luxembourg
France
United States
Hungary
India
Turkey
Slovenia
Poland
Greece
Spain
Bulgaria
Portugal
Switzerland
Sweden
Australia
Denmark
Finland
Canada
Netherlands
New Zealand
Ireland
Norway
Malta
United States
Germany
EU (Commission and Council)
Estonia
Lithuania
Austria
Japan
United Kingdom
Cyprus
Belgium
Croatia
South Korea
Italy
Slovakia
Latvia
Czech Republic
Romania
Taiwan
Luxembourg
France
China
Hungary
India
Turkey
Slovenia
Poland
Greece
Spain
Bulgaria
Portugal
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