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Nearly two dozen Chinese jets detected around Taiwan after US conducts exe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"18 PLA aircraft and 4 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond to these activities," Taiwan's Defense Ministry tweeted.
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"We're calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason," Pentagon on shoo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The object was shaped like an octagon with strings hanging off it and did not appear to be carrying anything. It was shot down by US F-16 fighter jets on Sunday and was flying at 20,000 feet over Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It was about to go over Lake Huron when it was neutralized.
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US military shoots down high-altitude object over Lake Huron
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over North American airspace. An unidentified object was shot down over northern Canada on Saturday. On Friday, an unidentified object was shot down in Alaska airspace by a US F-22.
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'Far too early' to say whether object shot down over Yukon came from China
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An F-22 fighter jet of US shot down an unidentified object over Canada on February 11, the second such incident in North America amid heightened alert following a week-long Chinese spying balloon saga.
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Temporary flight restriction over Lake Michigan lifted: NORAD
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Earlier, the airspace over Lake Michigan was temporarily restricted due to national defense reasons, according to a US Federal Aviation Administration notice. The notice said the airspace was being restricted for "national defense" reasons. There was no immediate comment from the Pentagon
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China giving US silent treatment since it shot down Chinese spy balloon: R
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Chinese Ministry of Defence still refuses to admit that the balloon was conducting surveillance.
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"Unidentified object" over Canadian airspace shot down: Justin Trudeau
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"I ordered the takedown of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. North American Aerospace Defense Command shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian & US aircraft were scrambled & a US F-22 successfully fired at the object," tweeted Trudeau.
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US links Chinese balloon to surveillance program run by PLA
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to US officials, the surveillance airships, operated in part by the PLA air force, have been spotted over five continents.
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US blacklists 6 Chinese companies for "spy balloon" episode
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Commerce Department added five Chinese companies and one research institute to its so-called entity list, which will prevent companies from selling them American parts and technologies without a special license.
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Second 'high altitude object' shot down over Alaska: White House
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the Department of Defense shot down a "high altitude object" that was in Alaska's airspace in the last 24 hours.
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"US overreacted by using force," says Chinese Foreign Ministry on 'spy bal
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In a response to the White House's statement on suspected 'spy' balloons being a part of a PRC fleet of balloons developed to conduct surveillance operations, the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that the US overreacted by using force.
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US official says Chinese balloon was capable of "conducting signals intell
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The US State Department official said the balloon was part of a Chinese fleet developed to carry out "surveillance operations" with a manufacturer linked to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA).
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