Tag: balloon

‘Silent Killer’: 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…


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…


How the Spy Balloon Has Hurt China and the US

Commentary Beijing’s “balloon warfare operations” against North American targets—believed to be launched from a number of sites in Inner Mongolia—may have proven strategically counterproductive at a critical moment for China. The long-standing capability, evolving technologically and operationally over many years, came to a head with the public disclosure and shooting down by the U.S. Air…


Ukraine Says Russia Turns to Decoy Missiles, Intel Balloons

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia has switched its aerial strike tactics to fool Ukraine’s air defenses, using decoy missiles without explosive warheads and deploying balloons, a senior Ukrainian official said Thursday. “The Russians are definitely changing tactics” as the war approaches its one-year anniversary, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in an interview with…


Taiwan Finds Crashed Weather Balloon on Remote Island, Likely Chinese

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons. Taiwan has complained of increased harassment by the Chinese regime’s armed forces over…


More Chinese Communist Lies Exposed

Commentary Information warfare is part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) strategy to “win without fighting”: to influence and convince adversary decision-makers, foreign leaders, and others of China’s peaceful intentions despite the reality of the obverse. Information warfare facilitates the achievement of the CCP’s objectives (frequently achieved at the expense of others) through well-coordinated media,…


US Shoots Down 4 Objects in Just Over a Week

Four high-altitude objects were shot down in just eight days by the U.S. military. One was the Chinese spy balloon and the other three unidentified—over the United States and Canada. At the same time, Beijing says the United States has sent balloons into Chinese airspace dozens of times, something the White House promptly denied. Is…


Top Lawmaker Warns US Doesn’t Have an ‘Adequate Radar System’ After Flying Objects Shot Down

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee warned the United States doesn’t have an adequate radar system after multiple incidents involving flying objects in recent days. “We don’t really have adequate radar system, and we certainly don’t have an integrated missile defense system. We’re going to have to begin to look at the United States…


BREAKING: Pentagon Shoots Down ‘High Altitude Object’ Over Alaska | Facts Matter

Under the orders of President Joe Biden, the U.S. military has just shot down an unidentified object flying over Alaska. At the moment, the Pentagon is not revealing whether this was another balloon, but they did say that this object was roughly the size of a car—which would make it significantly smaller than the earlier balloon,…


US Launches Test Nuclear-Capable Missile Into Pacific Ocean Amid Heightened China Tensions

The U.S. Air Force confirmed it launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base into the Pacific Ocean to show “readiness” of the United States’ nuclear capabilities, about a week after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon. An unarmed Minuteman missile was launched at 11:01 p.m. PT from…