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  Taiwan claims 6 Chinese balloons violate its airspace amid soaring tensions

  World | January 22, 2024 12:43 IST

  The Taiwan Defence Ministry noted the balloon sightings on a list of Chinese People's Liberation Army activity in the waters and airspace around Taiwan. One passed near the southern city of Pingtung, while the others flew just north of the port of Keelung, where Taiwan has an important naval base.

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  US: Another 'mysterious balloon' detected in Hawaii; Is it a Chinese spy drone? DETAILS

  World | May 02, 2023 7:52 IST

  Unlike earlier, this time, the US official said that the balloon did not go over any sensitive areas and the official asserted it poses no threat to aerial traffic or national security.

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  Chinese spy balloon gathered intelligence from sensitive US military sites: Report

  World | April 03, 2023 17:14 IST

  According to a media report, China was able to control the balloon so it could make multiple passes over some of the sites (at times flying figure-eight formations) and transmit the information it collected back to Beijing in real-time.

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  Blinken meets Yi at Munich Conference; says 'US neither wants conflict with China nor new Cold War'

  World | February 19, 2023 20:57 IST

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who was currently in Munich for a security conference spoke to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday.

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  'US owns world's largest spy network & its balloons fly over Chinese airspace for 10 times': China

  World | February 13, 2023 18:20 IST

  The latest remarks from China came a day after the US fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron.

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  Did China send US-like 'spy balloons' on India too? DETAILS

  India | February 07, 2023 22:10 IST

  A media report claimed that a similar balloon was spotted hovering high over an important naval facility in India last year.

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  Another Chinese 'spy balloon' spotted over Latin America; US downplays threat

  World | February 04, 2023 16:20 IST

  A reason not to shoot it down at this point, Pentagon said, is that besides not posing a threat to people or aircraft, the resulting debris from a strike of this large balloon could be harmful to people on the ground and result in property damage.

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  Did Pakistan shoot down its own 'Made in China' spy drone?

  World | July 16, 2015 13:02 IST

  New Delhi: Pakistan's claim of shooting down an Indian drone has become doubtful after some media reports in Pakistan disclosed  that the 'self-flying' device was its own.These reports claim that the DJI Phantom-3 drone is

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  Iran says copying US drone, senator says 'bluster'

  World | April 23, 2012 7:35 IST

  Tehran, Apr 23: An Iranian military commander yesterday said the Islamic republic is building a copy of a US spy drone captured in December 2011 and revealed what he said were “codes” gleaned from the