Polish media reported Tuesday that three unidentified objects looking like weather balloons have been found in the country’s northeast, and some of them had Cyrillic inscriptions. The objects were in Poland’s Mazury Lake district, between 20 kilometers and 100 kilometers (12 miles
A Chinese official repeated government claims Tuesday that the spy balloons shot down in U.S. airspace are privately owned but would not offer further information. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mao Ning addressed the balloon issue during a press conference in
A vigil is being held for the three people who died after their car crashed on Friday. Eve Smith, Darcy Ross and Rafel Jeanne died in the crash, while two people remain seriously ill in hospital. The five people involved in the accident
China’s suspected spy balloon may set the stage for a “first strike attack” on America’s nuclear weapons, an expert warned. On February 4, the US shot down an unidentified flying object over South Carolina, with the aerial intruder coming from China. Beijing
A former British ambassador to the US warned defence cuts mean he is not confident the UK has “watertight capability” to tackle Chinese spy balloons. Lord Darroch said two decades of underinvestment in the military means there are “gaps around in the
Rishi Sunak vowed to do “whatever it takes” to keep Britain safe as the military was put on standby to shoot down Chinese spy balloons. The Prime Minister said RAF Typhoon jets were ready to act immediately to “police our airspace”. US
The U.S. Air Force has detected Chinese spy balloons over Central Command’s area of responsibility in the Middle East, but the aircraft did not appear to pose any danger to U.S. or allied forces, a U.S. Air Force general said Monday. “Even
US Air Force shoot down suspected Chinese spy balloon Surveillance balloons are enjoying a resurgence in the spotlight this month as tensions escalate between the US and China over their use in each other’s airspace. The first — equipped with solar panels
The White House is firing back Monday at fresh claims from China that U.S.-owned high-altitude balloons have “illegally flown” over its airspace more than 10 times since last year, calling them “false” and the “latest example of China scrambling to do damage
China claimed that it detected 10 US spy balloons in it’s airspace in 2022, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Wang Wenbin told reporters it was “not uncommon” for the US to violate Chinese airspace using the devices. “It’s not uncommon as