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The Chinese balloon’s ‘priority sensors’ were lifted from the ocean floor
The US has said that a Chinese balloon that entered its airspace last month had the ability to collect signals intelligence and transmit it to the Chinese mainland. However, it added that once the US learned about it, the balloon appeared to stop transmitting once it was notified. China has said that the balloon was…
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The US says that Xi didn’t know about the balloon
Amid tensions over the South China Sea, the US said it is “lawfully” conducting routine operations in international airspace. This comes after the US took down a Chinese surveillance balloon over the South China Sea on December 14. The US added that the balloons are part of a “PRC fleet of balloons developed to conduct…
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A Chinese’spy balloon’ was the reason why the U.S. scoured the skies
The US intelligence community had developed a reliable way to track China’s balloon fleet only within the last year, according to reports. US officials said they were not notified that Chinese balloons entered US airspace under the previous administration. They added that the US has assessed that little new information was gleaned by the Chinese…
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US officials have disclosed new facts about the Chinese spy balloon
The US has said that it shot down an unidentified object in Alaska airspace “in the last hour” as a “reminder” of the “unacceptable violation of US sovereignty and international law by the [People’s Republic of China] high-altitude surveillance balloon”. This comes after the US shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of…
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Sources say the US developed method to track balloon fleet within a year
The US has said that China’s use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the country was a “brazen violation of US sovereignty”. The US also said that the balloon did not appear to have any surveillance equipment, which would make it both smaller and likely less sophisticated than the Chinese balloon shot. The US had…
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The objects shot down over North America last week are not related to China’s spy balloon campaign, says Biden
US President Joe Biden has said that the US does not have any evidence that the 3 objects shot down in North American air space are related to China’s spy balloon program. “The only thing I can tell you is that we don’t have any evidence of this,” Biden added. The Pentagon had said that…
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The history of spy balloons
The US military has said that it is ending its search for two objects shot down over North America last month. This comes after the US government said that it shot down the Chinese spy balloon that had flown into US airspace on February 1. Meanwhile, the Canadian government said that the object that was…
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There is a guide to what’s up at high altitude
The US has assessed that little new intelligence was gleaned by the Chinese balloon operation because the Chinese appear to stop transmitting information once the US learned of the balloon, according to reports. The US added that it has protected sensitive intelligence from China’s spying operations after it learned of the balloon. China claimed it…
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Biden should silenced his critics with his no apologies speech
American President Joe Biden said that the Chinese spy balloon, which was shot down over Lake Michigan earlier this month, didn’t damage bilateral relations between the two countries. Biden also said that there is nothing right now that suggests the other three objects are related to China’s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance…
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The spy balloon history is long and strange
The US will vote on Thursday on a resolution “condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over United States territory as a brazen violation of US sovereignty”, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s office said. The resolution comes after two US jets shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Pacific…
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The long, strange history of spy balloons
The US has confirmed it shot down a foreign intelligence-gathering balloon off the coast of Ireland and said it’s not related to the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down in South Carolina earlier this month. The balloon was part of a fleet that had flown over “more than 40 countries across five continents”, a…
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The military was ordered to “down” a high-altitude object over Alaska waters
The US Air Force on Saturday shot down a new object 10 miles off the coast of Alaska. This comes days after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down in the US over the Gulf of Alaska. The White House has denied that President Joe Biden’s recent decisions to shoot down high-altitude objects were the…
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We know a lot about the FBI probe and the suspected Chinese spy balloon
Fighter jets shot down a Chinese spy balloon on February 4 and two unidentified flying objects on Friday and Saturday in US and Canadian airspace. Pentagon officials said they were not concerned about the balloon gathering intelligence over Alaska, as it was not near sensitive sites. Officials told lawmakers the order to send it was…
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There is a long, strange history of spy balloons
The US has said that the Chinese spy balloon that violated its airspace was operating with electronic surveillance technology capable of monitoring US communications. The Biden administration said it believes Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior leaders were unaware of the balloon’s mission. US officials also said that Chinese appeared to stop transmitting information once…
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Pressure is mounting for the US president to break silence on multiple objects shot down from the sky
After a Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the US on Sunday over Lake Huron, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner said, “I prefer how the US shot down unidentified objects over North American airspace.” “I mean…the very scale of this balloon and the technology that was deployed by China in spying on the…
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The leaders of America are grasping for explanations after three new intrusions
US President Joe Biden was first briefed on a balloon-like object shot down by US Air Force jets on Thursday as soon as the Pentagon had “enough information”, US State Department spokesperson John Kirby said. The object did not appear to be self-maneuvering, he added. This comes after US jets shot down a Chinese spy…
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Turner says he prefers a ‘trigger-happy’ approach
US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said that China’s use of a high-altitude balloon to spy on the US is “brazen”. Pompeo further said, “We are working with our intelligence agencies and our allies to ensure this doesn’t happen again.” He said the US has been in contact with China over the incident. The US said…
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There are few answers in the Pentagon’s investigation of aliens
US President Joe Biden was briefed about the shooting down of an unidentified object over Alaska on January 31, a day before the Chinese surveillance balloon went down, CNN reported. The report said Biden was not briefed until January 31 and that China is still trying to figure out how this happened. The US had…
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The US government doesn’t know what it was that was shot down
The US on Saturday said that it shot down an object in the Pacific Ocean, adding that it “posed a reasonable threat to the safety” of civilian flight. This comes days after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the South Carolina coast by a US fighter jet. The object was first noticed…
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Sources say the US developed a method to track the balloon fleet in China
The US has accused China of “overreacting” and “seriously violating international practice” after the US military shot down a Chinese balloon near the South Carolina coast. China accused the US of using “disproportionate means” to deal with the incident. It also asked the US to stop “seriously violating” international practice, adding it has the right…
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The US Navy has released pictures of the Chinese balloon recovery effort
US President Joe Biden has said that the downed Chinese spy balloon did not damage bilateral relations between the US and China. He added that the US was able to mitigate the balloon’s intelligence collection capacity by moving quickly, despite the fact that they’d end up benefiting from the ability to collect information about the…
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The military was ordered to down an object over the Alaska waters
US military on Friday shot down a high-altitude object off the coast of Alaska. It marked the second time US jets had taken down an objects in less than a week. This comes after the US military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina last Saturday.
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The initial classified report was not flagged as urgent, drawing criticism
The US government could track the exact path of Chinese spy balloon that fell off the coast of South Carolina and make sure there wasn’t anything done around it, a senior administration official said. The official added the US would have been able to recover information about the balloon and Chinese intelligence capabilities by moving…
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China has a plan to take over the near space battlefield
A Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by US military in South Carolina on Saturday has reportedly been spotted around the globe. It is not the same model of the one shot down off the coast of South Carolina, a US official said. The official further said that intelligence agencies will look at whether…
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US intel sources say that a spy balloon is part of a military operation in China
US President Joe Biden was not briefed on the Chinese spy balloon’s deployment until three days later when it entered US airspace, a senior administration official said. The official added that Biden was not briefed until three days later, on January 31, when it crossed out of Canada and into the continental United States.