President Biden on Thursday said that the suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over much of the U.S. last week was “not a major breach,” comparing it to intelligence gathering conducted by countries around the world.

“It’s not a major breach. Look, the total amount of intelligence gathering that’s going on by every country around the world is overwhelming,” Biden said in an interview with Noticias Telemundo that airs this evening.

Biden, however does acknowledge that in the case of last week’s incident, China sending the balloon was “a violation of international law.”

“It’s our airspace. And once it comes into our space, we can do what we want with it,” the president said.

Biden ordered a U.S. military take down of the suspected spy balloon off the South Carolina coast on Saturday after it was first reported flying over Montana last Wednesday with the ordeal intensifying tensions between Washington and Beijing. The balloon had antennas to collect communications and solar panels to power its sensors as it traversed the U.S., a State Department official said earlier on Thursday.