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Diplomatic relations between the United States and China have been dealt a blow recently. A few months ago, the US warned of possible repercussions in the event China continued to carry out military exercises near Taiwan.

Now, the Joe Biden‘s government reported on Friday that a Chinese balloon was flying over the city of Billings, in the state of Montana, for two days.

China’s statement

Despite Washington’s insistence on attributing this act to China, Xi Jinping‘s government denied involvement in the first instance.

“It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said according to CNN.

“Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course. The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure.”

Whether by chance or not, the aircraft was flying over a terrain where the United States has most of its strategic nuclear missiles.

The second balloon

Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Friday that they detected a second Chinese spy balloon flying over Latin America.

“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Pentagon press secretary Brig Gen Patrick Ryder said in a statement to CNN

Although the device is not headed for U.S. soil, Ryder did not specify what terrain the aircraft is flying over. Mark Milley, a U.S. Armed Forces officer and senior advisor to Biden on military matters, suggested that the spy balloon should not be shot down because it did not pose a threat.