Open gallery view Spectators watching the Chinese spy balloon after it was shot down off Holden Beach, North Carolina, on Saturday. But with more than 400 types of satellites hovering over the Earth, why would China need a spy balloon? The United States said the white ball was clearly a spying effort, while China mumbled something about a weather balloon that drifted astray. After all, there's both the Quad security dialogue between the United States, Australia, India and Japan, and AUKUS, a fledgling alliance between Australia, Britain and the United States. The strait connects the Andaman Sea and the South China Sea, with the city-state of Singapore lying at the southeastern end.
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