The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities it found to have aided Beijing’s surveillance balloon programs in the wake of one such balloon that floated over the United States for a week gathering intelligence. In a statement issued on Feb. 10, the Commerce Department identified five companies and a research institute involved in efforts…
US Imposes Sanctions on 6 Chinese Firms Over Spy Balloon Programs
February 11, 2023
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5 Soldiers Killed in Shooting at Philippine Military Camp
MANILA—Five soldiers were killed in a shooting at a military camp in the southern Philippines, including the shooter, the military said on Saturday. A soldier ran amuck after 1 a.m. on Saturday (1700 GMT on Friday), killing four service personnel at an army compound in Cagayan de Oro City, Major Francisco Garello, spokesperson of the…
US, Allies, Working on New Basing Opportunities in Indo-Pacific: DOD Official
February 10, 2023
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The United States is working closely with its allies and partners across the Indo-Pacific region to develop new basing opportunities and increase interoperability across their forces, according to a Department of Defense official. The nation is working to scale its defensive and logistical infrastructure to contend with a rapidly shifting threat environment, according to Assistant…
US Can’t Overlook China’s ‘Important Political Propaganda’ Carried Out by Spy Balloon: Arthur Herman
February 10, 2023
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The spy balloon was invariably an attempt at political propaganda against the United States by communist China, according to Arthur Herman, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative, and Pulitzer Prize finalist historian. “I think it’s very hard not to conclude that, in a way, this was such a…
‘Very Disturbing Possibility’ US Manufacturing Helped Build Chinese Spy Balloon, Sen. Hawley Says
February 10, 2023
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Republican senators raised concerns that U.S. manufacturing might have assisted in the construction of the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the continental United States for days before being shot down. Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) took part in an all-senators classified briefing on Feb. 9, held by officials from the Office…
Biden Claims Chinese Spy Balloon ‘Not a Major Breach’
February 10, 2023
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President Joe Biden said Thursday that he had no regrets that the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the United States wasn’t shot down sooner, saying that he doesn’t consider it to be a “major breach.” “I said I wanted it shot down as soon as possible, and they were worried about the damage that could…
GOP Puts Pressure on Pentagon for Forcing Military Bonus Pay Back Following Service Discharge Over Vaccination Status
February 10, 2023
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Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, led a group of 23 lawmakers in a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday, inquiring about the “mistreatment” of troops who are being forced to repay their signing bonuses. They wrote that Austin bears the “blame” for the military’s current…
GOP Puts Pressure on Pentagon for Forcing Military Members Discharged Over Vaccination Status to Repay Bonus
February 10, 2023
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Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, led a group of 23 lawmakers in a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday, inquiring about the “mistreatment” of troops who are being forced to repay their signing bonuses. They wrote that Austin bears the “blame” for the military’s current…
US, French Troops in Romania Hold NATO Military Drills
CAPU MIDIA, Romania—U.S. and French troops that are part of a NATO battlegroup in Romania held a military exercise on Thursday to test the 30-nation alliance’s eastern flank defenses, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine nears its one-year anniversary. The joint combat drills at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, dubbed Eagle…
‘A Lot of Unanswered Questions’: Senators React After Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon
February 9, 2023
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Republicans are reacting with disapproval following a hearing which examined the Biden DoD’s response to a Chinese spy balloon that traversed the continental United States last week. Pentagon officials testified before a Senate Appropriations Defense hearing on Feb. 9, where they defended the department’s decision not to engage with China’s high-altitude surveillance balloon for an…
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