Tag: military

Inside China’s Military Balloon Program

Years before a gigantic white spy balloon from China captured America’s attention, a top Chinese aerospace scientist was keenly tracking the path of an unmanned airship making its way across the globe. On a real-time map, the white blimp appeared as a blinking red dot, although in real life its size was formidable, weighing several…


US Finishes Collecting Remains of Chinese Spy Balloon, FBI to Examine

The United States has concluded its efforts to collect the remains of a Chinese spy balloon that it shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), which oversees the defense for much of North America, said in a Feb. 17 statement that the final pieces of the debris…


Biden to ‘Engage with China,’ Seeks Meeting with Xi on Chinese Spy Balloon

U.S. President Joe Biden is seeking a meeting with Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping to discuss developments related to the United States’ shooting down a Chinese spy balloon earlier this month, and to pursue regular relations with China. Biden ordered the balloon to be shot down when it entered airspace over the continental United States…


Chinese Balloons Prompt the Need for Japan-Taiwan Intelligence Sharing: Japan’s Ex-defense Minister

A former Japanese defense minister said the recent sightings of suspected Chinese spy balloons around the world had underlined the need for intelligence sharing between Japan and Taiwan on aerial threats. Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said that while Japan and Taiwan cannot cooperate directly due to the absence of formal diplomatic ties, they can…


Defector Reveals 2 Incidents Where Beijing’s Military Stole and Made Great Leaps Forward

Chinese defector Chen Yonglin has revealed that during two international incidents, Beijing was able to steal U.S. technology that led to major breakthroughs in its military development. “One is the year [of] the U.S.-led NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia,” he told a panel following the screening of The Epoch Times’ investigative film, The Final…


US Must Shift Focus Away From Europe to Deter China War for Taiwan: Hawley

The United States would lose a war against China over the future of Taiwan unless it shifts its defense priorities away from Europe, according to one senior Republican. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said the United States had overextended itself with its support for Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion, and that it would not be…


Biden Says 3 Objects Shot Down Likely Not Related to Chinese Spy Program, But Tied to Private Companies

President Joe Biden is creating a team to develop rules of engagement to govern how the nation responds to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) in U.S. airspace. The announcement comes 12 days after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, and nearly a week after it intercepted and…


Biden Orders Creation of Classified Rules of Engagement for Unidentified Aerial Objects

President Joe Biden is creating a team to develop rules of engagement to govern how the nation responds to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) in U.S. airspace. The announcement comes 12 days after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, and nearly a week after it intercepted and…


US Senate Formally Condemns ‘Invasion’ of US by Chinese Spy Balloon

The U.S. Senate is passing two resolutions formally condemning China’s communist regime for illegally incurring into American airspace with a spy balloon and demanding transparency on the issue from the Biden administration. Senators approved two resolutions on Feb. 15 condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its efforts to spy on American citizens and military…


Senate Formally Condemns ‘Invasion’ of US by Chinese Spy Balloon

The U.S. Senate is passing two resolutions formally condemning China’s communist regime for illegally incurring into American airspace with a spy balloon and demanding transparency on the issue from the Biden administration. Senators approved two resolutions on Feb. 15 condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its efforts to spy on American citizens and military…