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Beijing Sanctions US Defense Companies Amid Fallout From Chinese Spy Balloon

Beijing Sanctions US Defense Companies Amid Fallout From Chinese Spy Balloon
A U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter aircraft is parked inside a hangar during the inaugural Trilateral Exercise between the U.S. Air Force, United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, and the French Air Force at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, on Dec. 15, 2015. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
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Communist China is sanctioning two U.S. defense companies for arms sales to Taiwan amid the growing fallout over the downing of a Chinese spy balloon in U.S. airspace.

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, the two largest U.S. military manufacturers, will be added to the regime’s sanctions list, according to a Feb. 16 statement by China’s Ministry of Commerce. The sanctions follow a day after Beijing threatened “countermeasures” against the United States for its shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon that illegally incurred into U.S. airspace.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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