New tech gives old spy balloons reason to stay afloat

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The US military has now shot down four high-altitude objects that had entered American and Canadian airspace, raising questions about their purpose and origin. The first of these objects, a Chinese balloon, was downed by a fighter jet on February 4. While China says it was for weather monitoring, US officials say it was being […]Continue Reading

Spy balloon saga driving US-China ties down and down

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Over the past week, the US has realized and revealed that an active fleet of Chinese spy balloons has been operating across the northern hemisphere for several years. This all started to become apparent when a Chinese balloon, some 60 meters high and carrying a sensor payload of more than a tonne, was sighted by […]Continue Reading

Russia making money with mercenaries in Africa

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Mercenaries have been a fixture in Africa since the second half of the 20th century. They have been used to protect incumbent leaders or install new ones in conflict zones. Their offering – guns for hire – has remained essentially the same for decades. However, they’ve recently undergone an evolution that forces countries to look […]Continue Reading

Wandering Earth II speaks to China’s global aspirations

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A prequel to the 2019 film Wandering Earth, the Chinese blockbuster hit Wandering Earth II opens on a futuristic dystopia where the dying Sun is about to explode and engulf Earth. A survival strategy is proposed: the Wandering Earth Project will build giant engines and use them to propel Earth away from the Sun. Amid […]Continue Reading

Chinese balloons and US alchemic leadership

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“The political fracas is already under way in Washington. Republicans claim the Biden administration showed weakness in allowing the balloon to enter US airspace. Officials counter that the previous administration, under president Donald Trump, didn’t react to several similar missions over US states and territories. Yet those previous incursions didn’t go on for so long, or reach so far […]Continue Reading

Putin is implicated in the downing of flight MH17

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The investigating into the downing about Malaysian Airlines journey MH17 has found “strong indications” that Ruskies President Vladimir Putin authorized the supply on the missiles used by separatists to shoot over the plane. However , typically the joint investigative squad leading the research said it has arrived at the limits of its analysis, largely due to Russia’s refusal […]#@@#@!!Continue Reading