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Pentagon Releases Photo Of Chinese Spy Balloon Taken From U-2 Spy Plane
A U.S. Air Force pilot looked down at the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovered over … [+] the Central Continental United States February 3, 2023. Recovery efforts began shortly a...
Chinese Official Calls U.S. Response To Spy Balloon ‘Hysterical’
Topline Wang Yi—the Chinese Communist Party’s top foreign policy official—criticized the U.S. Saturday for its handling of the Chinese spy balloon and noted the incident was “absurd and hysterical,” a...
U.S. Completes Recovery Of Chinese Spy Balloon Debris—FBI To Analyze
Topline The Navy completed an operation to recover pieces of the Chinese spy balloon Thursday, according to a statement Friday, as U.S. officials continue an investigation into the object that was sho...
‘Bottlecap Balloon Brigade’ Hobbyist Group Might’ve Launched Object Shot Down By F-22s—Drawing Political Heat For Biden
Topline A missing balloon launched by a small group of Illinois hobbyists emerged Thursday as the latest potential theory behind one of the unidentified objects the U.S. military shot down over the we...
Hawaii And Guam Were The Original Targets Of Shot Down Chinese Spy Balloon, Report Says
Topline The Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down by the U.S. military earlier this month was initially meant to fly over Guam and Hawaii, Reuters reported on Wednesday as Chinese officials ...
Chinese Spy Balloon Had ‘Self-Destruct’ Capability That Wasn’t Activated: Report
Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from the … [+] Chinese spy balloon for transport to federal agents at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Cr...
Chinese Spy Balloon ‘Graphic Reminder’ Of Geopolitical Market Risks—Here’s What It Means For Stocks
Topline The Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina last week and a subsequent firestorm around three other unidentified objects in North America pose a “graphic reminder of the ...
Chinese Spy Balloon Does Not Impact U.S.-China Relations
Topline The Chinese spy balloon incident does not impact U.S.-China relations, Vice President Kamala Harris told Politico, days before White House officials could meet with Chinese diplomats for the f...
China Threatens Retaliation Against U.S. For Downing Surveillance Balloon
Topline China intends to take unspecified “countermeasures” in response to the U.S. government shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, an official suggested Wednesday, a...
Pentagon Practiced Shooting Down Spy Balloons In Alaska Wargame Two Years Ago
The U.S. military appears to have anticipated the threat posed by Chinese balloons and has practiced tackling them for at least two years, according to Pentagon budget documents describing a classifie...
Chinese Spy Balloon ‘Graphic Reminder’ Of Geopolitical Market Risks—Here’s What Investors Should Know
Topline The Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina last week and subsequent firestorm around three other unidentified objects in North America pose a “graphic reminder of the fl...
U.S. Tracked Spy Balloon From Time It Left China—Days Earlier Than Previously Known, Report Says
Topline The Pentagon and U.S. intelligence were aware of a suspected Chinese spy balloon from the time it was launched off Hainan island south of China’s mainland, according to the Washington Post, ci...
US, China spy balloon drama is drifting into supply chain politics
The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023. Randall Hill | Reuters The tensions between the U.S...
China Says U.S. ‘Illegally’ Flew Balloons Into Its Airspace At Least 10 Times As Tensions Mount Over Military Takedowns
Topline China on Monday accused the U.S. of illegally flying high altitude balloons into the country’s airspace more than 10 times since the start of last year, according to news reports, deepening te...
Senate holds first hearing on the suspected Chinese spy balloon
(The stream is slated to start at 10:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) The Senate on Thursday is holding its first hearing on the Chinese spy balloon t...
Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade To Raise ETH Staking Average And Balloon PoS Validator Count: Report
– Advertisement – Summary: JP Morgan analysts expect the ratio of staked Ether to move towards the 60% average on other Proof-of-Stake blockchains. The bank added that yield returns could ...
Spy Balloon Part Of Worldwide Chinese Surveillance Program Meant To Evade Radar, Report Says
Topline The suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down Saturday afternoon by U.S. fighter jets over Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is part of a worldwide Chinese program to spy on military bases ...
U.S. Navy Releases First Official Photos Of Chinese Spy Balloon In Atlantic Ocean
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon … [+] off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023. DVIDS / U.S. Navy Photo by...
Balloon Pops Blinken’s Visit, For Now
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were largely lower after Friday’s unexpectedly strong US nonfarm payroll release that potentially pauses the Fed pivot, which is weighing on US equ...
China urges calm after U.S. shoots down suspected spy balloon
“What I want to emphasize regarding this unexpected accident is that both sides, especially the U.S., should remain calm,” said China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao N...
Balloon Controversy Threatens to Deepen China Stock Losses
(Bloomberg) — Chinese stocks extended losses as tension with the US over a suspected spy balloon triggered fears of economic retaliation by the Biden administration. Most Read from Bloomberg REA...
Ripple General Counsel Trolls SEC Case, Compares It to Spy Balloon Shot Down by US Military
Alderoty expresses confidence in Ripple’s defense. Ripple general counsel Stuart Alderoty has taken a jab at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, likening its case against Ripple to the Chinese ...
After Restricting Balloon Overflights For 25 Years, China’s Protests Wear Thin
In the late 1990’s China repeatedly refused to permit balloon overflights. Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Hours after U.S. jets shot down a sensor-packed Chinese surveillance balloon in U.S. airsp...
The Chinese Spy Balloon Is Down. Now The Fallout Begins.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks following a Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony … [+] with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State ...
U.S. Shoots Down Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Over Atlantic (Updating)
Topline The suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot Saturday morning, after the Biden Administration gave the go-ahead to take it down after it floated over the Atlantic Ocean east of Myrtle Beach, Sou...
FAA Grounds Planes In Carolinas As Chinese Spy Balloon Suspected Nearby
Topline The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for several major airports in North Carolina and South Carolina Saturday afternoon in a “national security effort” as a suspected Chine...
Make Makes Economies Strong?
‘We Can Do It!’, a poster by J. Howard Miller for Westinghouse Electric, aimed at boosting morale … [+] among the company’s workers in the war effort. The poster was displayed at Wes...
Where Is The Chinese Spy Balloon? Reports Say It Moved Over St. Louis Area
Topline A suspected Chinese spy balloon hovering over the U.S. appeared to pass over the St. Louis area Friday afternoon, according to local reports, as defense officials remain tight-lipped about whe...
Should The U.S. Be Afraid Of A Chinese Balloon?
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delayed a meeting with Beijing officials because of the high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over sensitive sites in the western United States Associated Pre...
It’s A Spy Balloon, Defense Secretary Says, Disputing China’s ‘Civilian Airship’ Claim
Topline Defense Press Secretary Pat Ryder said the federal government is certain the Chinese object traversing U.S. airspace is a “surveillance balloon,” he said Friday in response to the Chinese gove...