The potential for China to use of balloons for spying became a global issue in February when the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon but which China said was a civilian craft that accidentally drifted astray. Taiwan is on high alert for Chinese a...
Taiwan's defense ministry said on Saturday it had detected eight Chinese balloons crossing the Taiwan Strait in the previous 24 hours. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has since December reported a spate of Chinese balloons flying nearby or over the island. North...
Taiwan has threatened to shoot down such balloons, but the ministry did not say what, if any, action was taken. It said the balloon was flying at an altitude of approximately 21,000 feet. It also said 26 Chinese military aircraft and 10 navy ships were detected in the 24 hours before 6...
Montana has some experience with balloons launched by adversaries: Japan in World War II targeted the western U.S. with incendiary “balloon bombs” that were floated over North America with plans to harm people and start forest fires. More than 30 of the bombs made of rice paper landed in...
bot or human. The classifier performed with∼98% accuracy on the original dataset it was constructed on [42]. This classifier has since been used in studies that studied bots conversations on diplomatic incidents between countries, such as China and Taiwan [46], and Russia and Ukraine [47]...
TAIPEI--China sent 14 warships, seven military aircraft and four balloons near Taiwan between Saturday and Sunday, according to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry, as Beijing ramps up pressure on the island it claims as its own.
NBC says the Biden administration sought a court order for electronic surveillance of the balloons. However, we don’t know if the order was successful, never mind any of its investigative outcomes. Moreover, the American internet service provider fingered by NBC News has reportedl...
staff from roughly 40 embassies, a senior administration official confirmed. In the briefing, it was revealed that one balloon circumnavigated the globe in 2019, passing by Hawaii and over Florida, the official said. Balloons were also flown over Japan, India, Vietnam, Taiwan and the ...
The median line once served as an unofficial barrier between the two sides, but Chinese planes now regularly fly over it. Taiwan sent its own forces to monitor, the ministry said. The ministry also reported another Chinese balloon in the strait, the latest in a spate of what Taiw...
Based on my sighting, I'm estimating the balloon is somewhere over Upstate SC, perhaps closer to the NC/SC border. Assuming it's still flying at 60,000', this is the path it may take to the coast. You have a good chance of spotting it if you're in this dashed oval!https://t....