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US Shuts Down Chinese Police Station in NYC

What’s been called a Chinese spy balloon drifted across the United States for a week before getting shot down over the weekend. But how did it end up over American soil? Was Beijing trying to make a statement? Tests the waters? Or was it an attempt to sabotage talks with Washington ahead of Secretary of State…


Capitol Report: US Collects CCP Balloon Debris; Biden to Address Divided Congress

The White House is now claiming Chinese spy balloons hovered over the United States during the Trump administration. What new details do we know about the balloon, as the former president fires back? There’s just one more day until President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address. We take a look at his…


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…


US Military Reveals Size of Chinese Spy Balloon, Possible Explosives

U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck told reporters Monday that the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down last weekend was hundreds of feet in diameter. “The balloon assessment was up to 200 feet tall [and] it weighed a couple thousand pounds,” said VanHerck, the commander for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern…


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…


Balloon With 3 Hypersonic Missiles Tested by China in 2018

Chinese state-owned television aired footage of a high-altitude balloon dropping hypersonic weapons in 2018. The stunning footage displays a high-altitude balloon, not dissimilar from the one that traversed over the United States last week, carrying three hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) into high altitude and dropping them for testing. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on the…


Balloon With Three Hypersonic Missiles Tested by China in 2018

Chinese state-owned television aired footage of a high-altitude balloon dropping hypersonic weapons in 2018. The stunning footage displays a high-altitude balloon, not dissimilar from the one that traversed over the United States last week, carrying three hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) into high altitude and dropping them for testing. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on the…


Ex-Trump Adviser John Bolton Responds to Claims of Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Presidency

Former national security adviser John Bolton said that it would be problematic if alleged Chinese spy balloons transited over the United States under the Trump administration without federal officials being notified at the time. There were a flurry of reports over the weekend, citing allegedly anonymous U.S. officials, that claimed Chinese balloons flew over the…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (Feb. 6): Chinese Spy Balloon: Senate Briefing Scheduled; House Not Likely to Approve Global Tax Deal

Underwater searches are underway to recover the remains of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the weekend. A full-senate classified briefing has been scheduled for Feb. 15. The Republican-controlled House is fighting an international tax agreement. The deal would let other countries tax U.S.-based profits. The university of Florida might have more…