Category: military

China Now Has More ICBM Launchers than the US, Lawmaker Confirms

China’s communist regime now fields more long-range, nuclear-capable missile launchers than the United States, according to the testimony of the House Armed Services Committee. Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) acknowledged that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, had leapfrogged the United States in the number of its active intercontinental…


Chinese Spy Balloon Spotlights Growing CCP Threat

News Analysis For eight long days, a Chinese spy balloon bobbed along in the skies above the United States and Canada. First, it appeared to be heading north off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, then east towards British Columbia, before suddenly diverting again south and east in a course that would bring it over some of the…


Chinese Spy Balloon Spotlights CCP’s Brazen Plot Against US

News Analysis For eight long days, a Chinese spy balloon bobbed along in the skies above the United States and Canada. First, it appeared to be heading north off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, then east toward British Columbia, before suddenly diverting again south and east in a course that would bring it over some of the…


Congress Needs Answers on Past Incidents of Chinese Spy Balloons, Rep. Waltz Says

Pentagon’s own admission on Feb. 6 of an “awareness gap” regarding previous Chinese balloon incursions in U.S. airspace has drawn concerns from Republican lawmakers. “If the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] have been exploiting a radar gap for so many years, Congress deserves answers on this vulnerability to our greatest adversary can be addressed,” said Rep….


Congress Needs Answers on US Vulnerability Revealed in Chinese Spy Balloon Incident, Rep. Waltz Says

Pentagon’s own admission on Feb. 6 of an “awareness gap” regarding previous Chinese balloon incursions in U.S. airspace has put a concerning vulnerability under the spotlight, according to Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.). “If the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] have been exploiting a radar gap for so many years, Congress deserves answers on this vulnerability to…


Chinese Spy Balloon Could Have Been Used for Prepping EMP Attack on US Nuclear Facilities: Expert

(News Analysis The Chinese spy balloon that navigated through U.S. and Canadian airspace for a week before being shot down may have been conducting reconnaissance for a potential conflict with the United States, though experts believe its mission is only just beginning to be understood. When the spy balloon first entered U.S. airspace over Alaska’s…


Opposition Parties Press Ottawa for Answers on Chinese Spy Balloon

Opposition parties want answers regarding a Chinese surveillance balloon’s incursion into Canada’s airspace. The federal government has offered few details about the balloon’s trajectory over Canada before the U.S. military confirmed its presence over the state of Montana last week. The Liberal government has confirmed that the balloon entered Canadian airspace from Alaska before crossing back into…


Pentagon Admits ‘Awareness Gap’ That Caused Failure to Detect 3 Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years

A top U.S. general charged with monitoring the nation’s airspace said that the military did not detect previous incursions into its airspace by Chinese spy balloons. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, who serves as commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said that Chinese spy balloons previously entered U.S. airspace undetected on at least…


Pentagon Concedes ‘Awareness Gap’ That Caused Failure to Detect 3 Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years

A top U.S. general charged with monitoring the nation’s airspace said that the military didn’t detect previous incursions into U.S. airspace by Chinese spy balloons. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, who serves as commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said that Chinese spy balloons previously went undetected on at least three occasions during…


Biden Admin Detected Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years Using ‘Enhanced’ Surveillance: Sullivan

Improved surveillance capabilities allowed the U.S. administration to identify the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the country last week and detect similar flights during the Trump years, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Since President Joe Biden took office, the United States “enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace, we enhanced our…