Chinese Spy Balloon

According to the report, China was able to control the balloon so it could make multiple passes over some of the sites (at times flying figure eight formations) and transmit the information it collected back to Beijing in real time, the three officials told NBC News

US pilot took selfie with Chinese spy balloon from cockpit

The suspected Chinese spy balloon was downed by an F-22 fighter jet firing a AIM-9X Sidewinder missile. The strike took place once the balloon was no longer over land but was still within U.S. territorial waters.

Blinken meets Wang Yi in Munich, says Chinese balloon programme 'exposed' to world

The meeting on Saturday between the two top American and Chinese diplomats took place on the margins of the Munich Security Conference.

Joe Biden says 3 objects shot down over North America appear to not be part of China's spy balloon operation

Biden reiterated the view of US officials that the huge balloon, which traversed the country at an altitude of about 40,000ft before being blown out of the sky by a US fighter jet over the Atlantic, was in fact used for spying.

No indication that three objects shot down by US linked to Chinese spy balloon programme: Joe Biden

Joe Biden said this in his speech at the White House, his first one after a Chinese balloon was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. Three other high-flying objects were shot down by American fighter jets - two in the US and one in Canada.

China tries to depict furor over spy balloon as sign of US decline

The balloon incident “has shown to the world how immature and irresponsible — indeed hysterical — the United States has been in dealing with the case,” read a recent editorial in the People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party’s mouthpiece.

China says US regularly sends balloons into its airspace

China’s claims were swiftly rejected by the United States. “Any claim that the U.S. government operates surveillance balloons over the PRC is false,” said Adrienne Watson, a National Security Council spokesperson, referring to the People’s Republic of China.

Eye In The Sky: India alert to Chinese spy balloons; IAF has some of its own

Chinese spy balloons have been spotted over India and across the border for a while now. Experts say such intrusion will only mount in days to come, but there’s no need for India to panic.

Balloons, strategic spying and hot air

China has eyes in the sky, state-of-the-art satellites, just like the ones the US owns, to spy on any rival. Why would they then use balloons, which they cannot even control from home, across continents?

What’s behind China’s measured response to US shooting down alleged spy balloon?

By shooting down the balloon and calling off Anthony Blinken’s visit to Beijing, Biden wanted to convey to the American people that he will be tough in dealing with any aggressive moves by China.

What to expect from Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on February 7

US President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of the Congress on Tuesday, February 7.

The Eastern Window: The Kafkaesque mystery of the Chinese balloon

The US has shot down a Chinese balloon hovering in its airspace. The incident raises a number of intriguing questions 

White House on China balloon saga: Blinken to reschedule trip when time is right

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken postponed a planned Feb.5-6 visit to China because of the balloon's flight into U.S. airspace last week. It was shot down by a U.S. fighter jet off the Atlantic Coast on Saturday.

US military aircraft shoots down Chinese ‘spy’ balloon over east coast

The Pentagon assesses that this balloon was part of a fleet of Chinese spy balloons. It said another Chinese balloon was also spotted flying over Latin America of February 3 and over five continents in the past several years