{"id":1834137,"date":"2023-02-03T12:50:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834137"},"modified":"2023-02-03T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:57:59","slug":"secretary-of-state-blinken-will-postpone-china-trip-over-suspected-spy-balloon-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-blinken-will-postpone-china-trip-over-suspected-spy-balloon-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Of State Blinken Will Postpone China Trip Over Suspected Spy Balloon Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecretary-of-state-blinken-will-postpone-china-trip-over-suspected-spy-balloon-incident%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834137&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/antony-blinken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony Blinken<\/a> You postpone a trip that is scheduled <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> After a suspected \u201csurveillance balloon\u201d It was seen flying over the west United States.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3287173\/dod-statement-on-high-altitude-surveillance-balloon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcement<\/a> Thursday will see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military<\/a> Observed \u201ca high altitude surveillance balloon\u201d This week, Blinken traveled above the nation. Officially, Blinken delayed his previously scheduled departure hours earlier than he had been scheduled to. <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wireStory\/china-report-spy-balloon-us-96869979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telled<\/a> ABC News. Both countries have not yet released any details about the agenda of the diplomatic mission.<\/p>\n<p>Ryder stated that the United States will continue to \u201ctrack and monitor\u201d Pay attention to the balloon \u201cacted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information\u201d Once the object was found, The balloon was found above Billings in Montana after having traveled over the Aleutian Islands and across Canada. According to a report, a top defense official claimed that the device was still visible over the country on Thursday afternoon but didn&#8217;t disclose its location. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-found-northern-us-rcna68879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> From NBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground,\u201d Ryder went on. \u201cInstances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montana is home to several missile silos and military bases. Federal officials have previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-quietly-probes-chinese-tech-firm-for-possibly-harvesting-data-from-military-bases-missile-silos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investigated<\/a> Chinese technology company Huawei over concerns that cell towers in the area using the firm\u2019s devices are transmitting data to the communist nation.<\/p>\n<p>After the balloon was found, General Mark Milley, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Vice-chair Joint Chief General Christopher Grady recommended no \u201ckinetic action\u201d Be aware of falling debris and take precautions. During background checks, a senior defense official confirmed that the incident was being handled. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/3287204\/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing-on-high-altitude-surveillan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Press briefing<\/a> As the Billings Logan International Airport issued an emergency ground stop, the United States preemptively scrambled F-22 fighter aircrafts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe context for that was it would put some things on station in the event that a decision was made to bring this down while it was over Montana,\u201d According to the official. \u201cSo we wanted to make sure we were coordinating with civil authorities to empty out the air space around that potential area. But even with those protective measures taken it was the judgment of our military commanders that we didn\u2019t drive the risk down low enough, so we didn\u2019t take the shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-claims-suspected-spy-balloon-is-actually-civilian-airship-that-was-blown-off-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statement<\/a> It was just a civilian research vessel that had lost its course. \u201cThe airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes,\u201d Officials made the comment. \u201cAffected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Steve Daines (R -MT) stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-am-alarmed-montana-gop-sen-steve-daines-wants-briefing-from-secdef-about-chinese-spy-balloon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let me know<\/a> Lloyd Austin, Defense Secretary, said that the incident created a new threat to national security. \u201csignificant concern\u201d that Malmstrom Air Force Base and the nation\u2019s intercontinental ballistic missile fields were targeted for an \u201cintelligence gathering mission.\u201d He demanded a security briefing to discuss this incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am alarmed by the fact that this spy balloon was able to infiltrate the airspace of our country and Montana,\u201d He wrote. \u201cThere is no higher priority for your administration than the safety and security of the American people and it is imperative that your administration reassure them of that fact at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a scheduled trip to China after a suspected \u201csurveillance balloon\u201d was spotted flying above the western United States. Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder announced on Thursday that the military observed \u201ca high altitude surveillance balloon\u201d traveling above the nation this week. Blinken delayed the previously scheduled trip hours &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1834140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[17453,4636,4501,4819,17523,3779,6893,6516,5601],"class_list":["post-1834137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-balloon","tag-blinken","tag-china","tag-incident","tag-postpone","tag-secretary","tag-spy","tag-suspected","tag-trip"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1834137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1834137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1834137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1834137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}