UK to Review Airspace Security After Chinese Spy Balloons Found Over Americas

UK to Review Airspace Security After Chinese Spy Balloons Found Over Americas
A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Feb. 1, 2023. Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP
Lily Zhou
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The UK is launching a security review in light of the Chinese spy balloons found over the Americas, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Feb. 12.

It comes after the United States sanctioned six Chinese entities involved in aiding Beijing’s surveillance balloon programs.