Former US national security adviser John Bolton has described China as 'the existential threat in the 21st century', after a suspected spy balloon was shot down over North American airspace earlier this month
The US has warned Beijing that sending a"surveillance balloon" over its airspace was"unacceptable and must never happen again", but China insists it was a weather research device and has branded Washington's response"hysterical".0:52Former US national security adviser John Bolton has described China as"the existential threat in the 21st century", after a suspected spy balloon was shot down over North American airspace earlier this month.
Mr Bolton also criticised the Biden administration's handling of the situation and said the balloon should have been shot down earlier.The US shot down the alleged Chinese spy balloon on 4 February following days of intrigue over the mysterious white aircraft.A US defence official said the object was a surveillance balloon that China intended to use on sensitive military sites, but Chinese officials claim it was a weather research device that blew off course.
Mr Bolton said:"I think the presumption should be an unidentified aircraft, that we have no idea what the payload is or its capabilities are, should be shot down before it endangers Americans."Moment 'spy balloon' is shot down
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