The Defense Department on Wednesday took aim at China’s explanation for the balloon that drifted across ... was not for civilian purposes. We are 100% clear on that,” spokesman Air Force ...

After four “balloon” shootdowns in nine days, plus official denials after one general said this might be a space-alien thing, only one thing is crystal clear: The Biden administration needs to ...

Those spy balloons were launched from Turkey. My dad didn’t talk about this part of his career much, likely because the work was secret, but the program has long since been declassified since it ...

A Long March-6 rocket blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, April 27, 2021. Balloons can observe the ground from far closer than satellites in space.

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