NEW DELHI: A United States media report has actually declared that China has been operating a fleet of spy balloons targeting several countries consisting of India and Japan for a number of years.

Nevertheless, there is no particular info on the degree or period of the spying on Indian military properties.

According to a report in the Washington Post, US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman apparently briefed agents from 40 embassies on the spying issue on Monday.This report came just days after the US military shot down a Chinese security craft that was hovering over sensitive installations in the country.The US shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon on February 4th in the Atlantic Ocean, which it believes was part of a bigger effort by China to spy on military properties in lots of countries.The Washington Post reported, based on confidential defense and intelligence sources, that the monitoring balloon effort had actually been collecting information on military properties in nations that are of strategic interest to China for several years, operating partly from Hainan province in China.These monitoring balloons or airships, partly run by the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) air force, have actually been spotted over 5 continents, according to the report.

The balloons belonged to the PRCs (Peoples Republic of China) fleet and were utilized to conduct security operations, breaking the sovereignty of other countries.The report also specified that at least 4 balloons have actually been spotted over Hawaii, Florida, Texas, and Guam recently, with 3 of these instances taking place throughout the Trump administration however just recently identified as Chinese surveillance airships.Meanwhile, the Pentagon released a series of photos of the recovered high-altitude security balloon on Tuesday.The ballon occurrence has taken place even as the US and China were trying to improve their relationship, following the very first in-person top between Presidents Biden and Xi.

In the wake of balloon concern, nevertheless, United States secretary of state Antony Blinken cancelled a prepared check out to Beijing for talks.

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