However, the administration is still dealing with the ongoing fallout after downing the Chinese balloon, which Beijing insists was just an errant civilian airship. According to the Pentagon, the suspected surveillance device drifted into US airspace north of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on
China insists the balloon was just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds and had only limited “self-steering” capabilities. It also issued a threat of “further actions”. In a statement after the craft
Russia is preparing to equip its air force with hypersonic cruise missiles in its latest efforts to reverse the course of the conflict in Ukraine. After months of having to retreat from Ukrainian counter offensives, Russia is resorting to doubling down on
China’s military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the self-ruled island, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Monday, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a U.S. annual defense spending bill. China’s military