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US 'still assessing' recovered parts from China spy balloon, says Pentagon
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The United States is still assessing the parts that were recovered from the balloon and precautionary steps were taken in time to limit the intelligence value that it would be able to collect, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a press briefing on Monday.
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Chinese spy balloon posed no immediate security threat to US, but revealed
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
While the balloon on its own did not constitute a clear and present danger to US national security, its trajectory over sensitive American military installations, such as Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, betrays the non-benign nature of the overflight. Indeed, it could even be seen as a
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Threat from China extends beyond spy balloons, country now targets your cr
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Yet the same lawmakers are not batting an eye at the thought of millions of credit card users' personal financial information being sent to a Chinese government-owned payment processing firm under orders from the US government, reported The Washington Times.
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Biden directs national security team to establish better inventory for air
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, the White House said, "President Biden has directed his national security team to establish a better inventory of unmanned airborne objects in US airspace, implement further measures to improve our capacity to detect these objects, and update rules for launching and mainta
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US: Undivided Congress votes to condemn China over spy balloon
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the US publication, as the spy balloon saga had gripped Washington since late last week, Congress sought for more information about this.
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China expresses strong dissatisfaction after US shoots down suspected spy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China requires the US to handle the incident in a calm, professional and restrained manner.
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Joe Biden wanted US to shoot down Chinese balloon "as soon as possible"
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After arriving at Camp David from Syracuse, Biden said that he had ordered the Pentagon to shoot down the balloon "as soon as possible."
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'Spy balloon' in US airspace: China urges for "cool headed" handling of un
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Pentagon said the balloon over the US is being used for surveillance, rejecting China's claim that the aircraft was a "civilian airship" for research that deviated from its course. Meanwhile, on Friday evening the Pentagon said that a second Chinese spy balloon had been spotted floati
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US media, politicians using balloon incident "to smear China", says Beijin
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Moments before the decision to scrap the visit - aimed at easing tensions between the two countries - China issued a rare statement of regret and blamed winds for pushing what it called a civilian airship into US airspace.
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