A US senator has requested a security briefing and decisive action against a potential Chinese surveillance operation, following the Pentagon’s announcement on Thursday that a high altitude balloon was being monitored in US skies. Montana’s Republican Senator Steve Daines sent the letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday, expressing ...
The US Department of Defense confirmed on Thursday that the armed forces were actively monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon flying over the northern portion of the US. A statement issued by the department indicates the surveillance balloon does not pose a military or physical threat to the region, and ...