Social Media Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 The UK must "wake up" to the threat posed by China's challenges to global security, the ex-head of MI6 has said. Sir Alex Younger, who led the UK's Intelligence Service between 2014 and 2020, said Western nations are "under full press of Chinese espionage". US military have shot down four objects - including a suspected Chinese spy balloon - in the past week. Sir Alex told the BBC the UK must place limits on tolerating countries "who behave in an unacceptable way", How has China reacted to the balloon saga? UK ready to defend against spy balloons - Sunak US Navy releases photos of China balloon debris On 4 February, the US military shot down a Chinese spy balloon after it travelled over sensitive military sites across North America. China has claimed the object was a weather balloon gone astray. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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