Shooting Down Chinese Spy Balloon a Lot Harder Than it Seems:
High-altitude balloons are "inherently survivable" according to U.S. military research ...
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- This article was published in the Monitor Daily on February 3, 2023.
- On Thursday, a senior Defense Department official stated, "Clearly the intent of this balloon is for surveillance,"
- China apologized for the intrusion on Friday, saying the object was a weather balloon that had deviated from its intended path.
- According to Politico, it intends to spend approximately $27 million on advanced balloon projects in 2023.
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Paid articlePaywall A brief history of spy balloons: A Chinese spy balloon was found over Montana. Such balloons had been used from World War II to the Cold War. The U.S ...
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