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Prime minister will do ‘everything it takes’ to keep country safe as Britain conducts security review
UK fighter jets are on standby to shoot down Chinese spy balloons if any are spotted in British air space, the prime minister has said.
Rishi Sunak said Typhoon planes were ready at all times in case the UK came under threat from balloons such as the one US officials said they shot down last week.

The White House’s response came hours after the Chinese Foreign Ministry made the claim. According to spokesperson Wang Wenbin, “Since last year, the U.S.' high-altitude balloons have undergone more ...

Jindalee radar system detects airborne objects from ‘very long range’, while missile from F-35 jet more effective than laser for striking one
Australia’s radar network would be able to spot any spy balloon in its airspace, and a missile fired from a stealth fighter jet would be the most effective way to bring it down, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) says.
The United States has downed since 4 February, including a Chinese spy balloon with a payload the size of three buses.

The claim followed a weekend of aerial theatrics, with Washington and Beijing spotting unidentified flying objects in their airspaces.

Disney Plus's American Born Chinese will be an authentic Everything Everywhere All at Once family reunion now that James Hong is on board. He might turn 94 in a few days, but James Hong shows no sign ...

The acting legend has joined his Everything Everywhere All at Once co-stars in Disney Plus' upcoming series American Born Chinese.

Spokesperson says US overreacting and claims it has made at least 10 airspace incursions since start of 2022
China’s foreign ministry has accused the US of flying high-altitude balloons over its airspace more than 10 times since the beginning of last year, as the dispute over surveillance between the two countries continues.
A spokesperson told foreign reporters at a regular press briefing in Beijing that it was “not uncommon” for the US to go into other countries’ airspace, claiming they were aware of at least 10 incursions over China, but gave few other details.

The Philippines on Monday accused a Chinese coast-guard ship of hitting a Philippine coast-guard vessel with a military-grade laser and temporarily blinding some of its crew in the disputed South ...

We never had to go inspect it and get a visual identification of it,” Grynkewich told reporters in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Center for a New American Security. His remarks come as the ...

The suspected surveillance balloon sent by the Chinese government that was shot down in early February over the Atlantic Ocean had the capability to collect communication signals, a State Department ...

U.S. forces shot down an airborne object over Michigan's Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon, the fourth such downing in the past eight days. The big picture: The chain of events — perhaps based on ...