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How does the USA know that the balloon they shot down was Chinese?
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released several statements saying that it's from China, they know its capabilities and purpose, and that they regret letting it enter US airspace. All in all, ...
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How does the USA know that the balloon they shot down was Chinese?
The existing answers give good background, but no information on how, without China's admission, the US would know to accuse China. Hopefully the below fills in the gap.
Assuming the balloon has no ...
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How does the USA know that the balloon they shot down was Chinese?
U.S. intelligence agencies tracked the Chinese spy balloon from its launch in China according to this news article.
U.S. intelligence agencies tracked the Chinese spy balloon from its launch in China ...
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How does the USA know that the balloon they shot down was Chinese?
Just throwing in my two cents:
China's statement regarding the balloon (before shootdown incident):
The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, ...
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Has Israel's polity ever had a debate on "feminist foreign policy"?
Israel is a member of the Feminist Foreign Policy Plus Group which met on September 20, 2023 at the United Nations and issued a policy declaration which
affirmed the importance of "the ...
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Can you provide an historical analysis of the influence exerted by different offices within the US government on the formation of its foreign policy?
both Obama and Trump claimed in their election campaigns to radically change US FP. Almost none of that happened in practice.
This, I would argue, is due to a rather specific issue that both Obama ...
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What is the United Nations policy regarding education in countries that receive funding?
The politics of an era creates what later becomes a part of our history. Current politics also tends to influence how we interpret and understand our past. Thus, while some aspects of history may be ...
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