The Indian Air Force proved its capability to strike down a Chinese spy balloon type target at a very high altitude of 55,000 plus feet along the eastern front in recent times.
The planned meeting on the sidelines of the security conference (February 16-18) is part of efforts to increase high-level engagements after months of heightened tensions over issues ranging from a suspected Chinese spy balloon and Taiwan to trade restrictions, according to Kyodo.
This connection emerged as one of the means by which the US intelligence agencies were able to track the balloon's location and gather crucial information during its transit.
General CQ Brown, Jr, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, initiated a video conference call with his Chinese counterpart, General Liu Zhenli of the People's Liberation Army of China.
US Treasury Secretary Janet L Yellen concluded her Beijing visit with no announcement of developments or agreements for improving the ongoing rifts between the two countries, The New York Times reported.
As top US lawmakers remain persistent in urging Joe Biden's administration to brief Congress on the surveillance station China is supposedly building in Cuba, some American analysts say that Beijing's plan goes far beyond just intelligence gathering, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
It would not be the first time China has attempted to spy on US electronic communications, known as signals intelligence. A suspected Chinese spy balloon that transited the US in February was capable of gathering signals intelligence and is believed to have transmitted back to Beijing in
The use of spy balloons for surveillance operations by China raises concerns about potential threats to national security. It is possible that China could use this technology to gather intelligence on military installations, critical infrastructure, and other sensitive locations, which co
India and the US held discussions over the Chinese spy balloons that were shot down by the American Air Force recently after being detected at a very high altitude there carrying out suspicious activities.
The SSF, established on the last day of 2015 as part of an armed forces restructuring introduced early in Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rule, has no exact counterpart in any other country, according to Dean Cheng, a senior adviser on China at the US Institute of Peace and longtime observer of
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