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China may have already sent a 'spy' balloon over Australia similar to the one that was shot down off the US east coast, or could send one in the near future, a top member of the Senate intelligence committee has said.
Tensions between the US and China hit a new low at the weekend as President Joe Biden ordered an F-22 Raptor jet to shoot down the balloon that had drifted over the United States for the past week - including over sensitive military sites.
It is unclear whether China has sent similar surveillance devices over Australia, however, one US official told Reuters the spy balloons have been spotted above five different continents.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon has been spotted floating over the United States for more than a week
An F-22 Raptor shot down the balloon using a missile off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday
'Over the past several years, Chinese balloons have previously been spotted over countries across five continents, including in East Asia, South Asia and Europe,' the official said.
Federal Liberal senator James Paterson, who previously chaired the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, said the Chinese
