On Wednesday as the balloon loitered over Montana, Biden authorized the military to shoot it down as soon as it was in a location where there would not be undue risk to civilians. Due to its massive size and altitude, the debris field of its sensors and the balloon itself was expected t...
After the balloon was shot down, a senior State Department official said that it was used by China for surveillance and that it was loaded with equipment able to collect signals intelligence. The balloon had multiple antennas, including an array most likely able to collect and geolocate communica...
The Department of Defense on Monday revealed the size of the suspected Chinese spy balloon that the U.S. shot down over the Atlantic Ocean this weekend – and it turns out it was bigger than the Statue of Liberty. The balloon is believed to have been up to 200 feet tall, officials said...
The white balloon, which China's foreign ministry has claimed to be used for meteorological purposes, traveled at an altitude of around 60,000 feet with a vessel described as the size of three buses, officials said. It was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean Saturday afternoon. ...
U.S. fighter jets shot down the suspectedChinese spy balloonthat had drifted across the United States for several days on Saturday, bringing an end to the opening chapter of a tense public standoff with Beijing over the intrusion into U.S. airspace. ...
Moment Chinese 'spy balloon' is shot downPresident Joe Biden had told reporters earlier that the US was "going to take care of" the balloon after it had been flying over its airspace.Sunday 5 February 2023 10:54, UK This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Footage shows the moment a ...
Report: Chinese spy balloon that was shot down was equipped with American tech According to The Wall Street Journal, the early stages of an investigation show that American technology helped the balloon collect photos, videos and other information before being shot down. ...
Fact check: Spy Balloon? What to know about Chinese civilian airship in US airspace A Chinese civilian unmanned airship unintendedly entered US airspace last week due to force majeure and was shot down by the US military on Saturday. For days, US politicians and media have hyped up this ...
First spotted by the US on 28 January, it was eventuallyshot down on 4 February off the coast of South Carolina. On Monday, President Biden's administration said it could not confirm reports that China was able to collect real-time data from a spy balloon. ...
The alleged spy balloon from China that has kept everyone's attention for the past couple of days is no more. What is believed to be a surveillance balloon that crossed over Missouri has now been shot down.