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Chinese surveillance balloons a new threat to reckon with globally: Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the month of January, what looked like the moon during daylight turned out to be a massive, unidentified, high-altitude white balloon, flying over U.S. territory and allegedly carrying surveillance equipment. The U.S. shot down the massive Chinese alleged surveillance high-altitude balloo
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China loses face but refuses to back down
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The high-altitude balloon saga is emblematic of China's tendency to come out swinging whenever it is embarrassed or cornered.
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"We are still pursuing..." Navy Vice Chief talks about integrating US Pred
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The American predator drone deal was put on hold in view of giving a push for the Make In India programme and a committee headed by a Lieutenant General was asked to review the entire deal which was coming out to be very expensive at around USD 4.5 billion for 30 drones.
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China's high-altitude balloon programmed for intelligence collection: Whit
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Speaking at a press conference, he said, " China has a high-altitude balloon program for intelligence collection that's connected to the People's Liberation Army."
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US military shoots down high-altitude object over Lake Huron
Updated : 3 years 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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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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China falters at easing tensions with US after balloon fallout
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A high-altitude balloon from China carrying a payload the size of three coach buses equipped with what American officials have described as surveillance equipment was spotted over the continental US, visibly hovering above a state with key military assets and ultimately sparking an internati
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Biden briefed on suspected Chinese surveillance balloon: White House
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In an informal briefing, Pierre said, " So, the President was briefed on this on Tuesday. He has continued to receive regular briefings and updates from the national security team. I just want to reiterate what the Pentagon said earlier today, my counterpart. We've detected and are trackin
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Canada tracking second incident of suspected Chinese spy balloon
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"A high-altitude surveillance balloon was detected and its movements are being actively tracked by North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Canadians are safe and Canada is taking steps to ensure the security of its airspace, including the monitoring of a potential second inciden
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Army horsemen travel along old winter silk route - Gapshan to Sultan Chusk
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the officials, they travelled 56 km in 21 hours at super high altitude in sub-zero temperatures led by their brigade commander.
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India, US join 'Yudh Abhyas' military exercise 100 km from China
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The exercise will help both countries to encounter China by endorsing each other. The 15-day long exercise will focus on high altitude, extremely cold climate warfare, says Army.
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Astronomers discover heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosph
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere barium. They were surprised to discover barium at high altitudes in the atmospheres of the ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b and WASP-121 b two exoplanets, planets which orb
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