TAIPEI — Taiwan's military said on Thursday (Feb 16) it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the US over spy balloons. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has complained of increased harassment by Beijing's...
A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, US on Feb 1, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media.TAIPEI — Taiwan's military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the US over spy balloons.
Taiwan's army said that late Thursday morning its forces on Dongyin island, part of the Taiwan-controlled Matsu archipelago off the coast of China's Fuzhou, observed an unknown object falling from the sky, then found the remnants of a balloon on a shooting range. Taiyuan is a major city in northern China. Reuters was not immediately able to locate contacts for the factory.
Dongyin sits at the top of the Taiwan Strait on an important passage for any southbound Chinese forces from the eastern province of Zhejiang if they attack Taiwan, and the island is well defended.
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