FBI, Britain's MI5 and intelligence agencies of Australia, Canada & New Zealand issued joint statement, stating China is using online job platforms to target Five Eyes personnel.
US defense and intelligence agencies discovered that the balloon carried US gear, along with Chinese sensors, to collect and transmit information to China, according to the WSJ.
Since postponing a February trip due a suspected Chinese spy balloon entering US airspace, Blinken is the highest-ranking government official to visit China in the Biden administration.
‘Near space is a major sphere of competition between 21st century military powers,’ a Chinese military commentator wrote in a journal last year, as per The New York Times.
The object was first observed in Alaska Friday & US military officials closely tracked it before shooting it down Saturday over Yukon territory in Canada, said Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.
After Kargil Review Committee's recommendation, air force purchased 2 aerostats worth over Rs 300 crore for surveillance in 2007. IAF favours AWACS for vigilance operations.
The US has linked the spy balloon episode to a more extensive Chinese surveillance programme, saying it has been used for spying in India, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, and Vietnam.
I will return with the commitment to restore democracy and the spirit of the liberation war, writes former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on the 77th anniversary of Awami League.
In interview to ThePrint, Rolls-Royce top official Sashi Mukundan took a dig at rival Safran, saying there are just 3 genuine engine manufacturers, with two in US, the 3rd being them.
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