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[ad_1] New York: Valentine’s week has begun and today people are celebrating Propose Day. Many people propose to their significant others or declare their love for them today. However, in a bizarre turn of events, the propose day becomes the most horrific day for a couple. Reportedly, a man proposed his long time crush…
[ad_1] The military is concerned the remnants of balloon’s payload could contain explosives or hazardous material, and wants to ensure the safety of the site, VanHerck said. The balloon was as much as 200 feet tall, with a payload the size of a jetliner that weighed “in excess of a couple thousand pounds.” The efforts…
[ad_1] “This never happened. It would have never happened,” Trump told Fox News on Sunday. “I’m not aware of a single civilian national security leader from the Trump administration who heard of this,” said a Trump administration national security official, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence issues. The…
[ad_1] China tried to steer the balloon to leave the U.S. “as soon as they could” once information about the balloon was exposed to the public, a press release from Schumer’s office said. At least three similar balloons went over “portions of the U.S.” during the Trump administration, the press release said, though there were…
[ad_1] Here’s a day-to-day timeline of events leading up to the dramatic shootdown over the water off the East Coast on Saturday. The following is based on interviews with three senior U.S. officials, all of whom asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation. Saturday, Jan. 28: The balloon is first…
[ad_1] US Fighter Jets Shoot Down Chinese Spy Balloon Over Atlantic Ocean US local media reported Saturday that in a “national security effort”, three US airports were shut down and a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the country’s east coast. The Chinese balloon, roughly the size of three buses, had been tracked…
[ad_1] This latest incident hits home in the U.S. — literally — because the nonstop coverage of the balloon’s presence in American airspace and its destruction captured on live video made the China threat real for many. “This was a pretty big hit for the [public] trust factor in U.S.-China relations — Chinese spying has…
[ad_1] “They decided the best time to do that was when it got over water,” Biden said. “On Wednesday, President Biden gave his authorization to take down the surveillance balloon as soon as the mission could be accomplished without undue risk to American lives under the balloon’s path,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a…
[ad_1] “We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said. It remains unclear why China sent such vehicles above the United States and Costa Rica at the same time, especially since Beijing has space-based satellites that can…
[ad_1] Another reason: Spy balloons can travel great distances without needing to be refueled. “It’s also a reminder of the air defense needs of the United States that today it’s a balloon, tomorrow it’s a cruise missile,” said Tom Karako, senior fellow for the International Security Program and Missile Defense Project director at the Center…