The two military officers revealed that the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4 passed near several military bases and through "radar gaps" during its flight over Canada. Pelletier confirmed the balloon, which was first detected e...
One cannot control a balloon. Balloons are mostly used for weather. Also, America is constantly sending planes and other objects over foreign soil, including Russia and China. I'm just as much of a pro-American as any other American, but I do find it funny how conservatives wer...
and that the balloon had been over Montana a day earlier, on Feb. 1. Following the announcement, the balloon stopped loitering and proceeded as fast as it could toward the East Coast, a U.S. official said.
" according to a U.S. official. A Chinese balloon has never been over the middle of the country before. The only other time a Chinese balloon has flown over the continental U.S. was during a brief overflight of Florida. There have been overflights of Hawaii and Guam...
The high-altitude reconnaissance balloon was not the first such craft to pass over the U.S. in this way, a senior defense official said in a briefing. A separate senior official told ABC News the balloon is the size of three buses and complete with a technology bay, which the defense of...
China’s balloon could be America’s awakening. Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/07/china-spy-balloon-us-national-security/ Ford, A. 2020, March 16. The PRC’s “Military-Civil Fusion” Strategy Is a Global Security Threat. https://2017-2021.state.gov/the-prcs-military...
Image:The spy balloon's route from China over the Aleutian Islands, through Canada and into Montana Under Mr Xi, China's actions and words on the international stage have also become more aggressive and unapologetic. In this context, it is also possible that China is less ...
[19]. The increased tensions during the balloon incident is not due to the surveillance functionality of the balloon, but rather, is emblematic of the rising tensions between the two countries over time [19]. The presence of surveillance by China indicates her desire to collect information on ...
Re: Chinese surveillance balloon « Reply #4 on: February 06, 2023, 1539 UTC » Quote from: Pigmeat on February 06, 2023, 1518 UTC Sputnik "beeped" in the MW band. It was the USSR's way of saying, "Up yours, America!" every time it went over. Sputnik "beeped" on 20 & ...
Meanwhile, the massive spy balloon, equivalent to three school buses, equipped with solar panels and a payload of surveillance devices, traversed half of Canada and re-entered the US over Montana. During this journey, it transmitted collected data from sensitive military sites back to Beiji...