China accuses US of 'overreacting' after jets shoot down suspected spy balloon ByHeather Chen and Wayne Chang, CNN, CNNWire Sunday, February 5, 2023US military fighter jets on Saturday shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean in a mission President Biden hailed as a su...
A Chinese balloon shot down by the U.S. after transferring North America last February was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration said, citing imagery f...
A Chinese balloonshot down by the U.S.after transferring North America last February was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration said, citing ...
The airship was shot down by a U.S. missile fired from an F-22 fighter jet despite the U.S. Department of Defense saying that the balloon posed no military or personal threat. Was it a lawful act? CGTN invites Huang Huikang, PhD, a member of the UN International Commit...
That came after a large high-altitude Chinese balloon was shot down after it sailed across the U.S., drawing Pentagon accusations of spying on sensitive military sites despite firm Chinese denials. Qin was due to depart Monday for visits to Germany, France and Norway amid China’s fraying...
and Twitter users can erronously reflect their location. Some do so for humor, like specifying itself from China and having a profile picture of a balloon along with a description “just floating around in cyberspace before being shot down”; others do so to deliberately avoid association with...
U.S. shot down spy balloon 'object' over Alaska, White House reports The White House announced that a U.S. fighter jet shot down an 'object' the size of a small car over Alaska on Friday morning. The Biden administration said it was used for surveillance. China claims it was on a ...
A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, US, Feb 1, 2023. [Photo/Agencies] In response to the US military shooting down an unmanned civilian airship from China, Beijing said it "will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the enterprise concerned, and reserves ...
China says the balloon shot down on Feb. 4 was a civilian weather-monitoring aircraft, but the incident has deepened the diplomatic rift between the countries. Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise tweeted criticism of the Ford deal, while Republican Virginia Gover...
Chinese surveillance balloon detected over Montana There are no immediate plans to shoot it down, due to concerns about debris. But steps have been taken to prevent the collection of sensitive information. ByMeghann Myers An Air Force fighter jet shot down the balloon Saturday after...