aeronautics
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Another Mysterious Balloon Is Being Tracked by U.S. Officials
Balloon hysteria in America might strike again. After some hullabaloo involving mysterious spy payloads drifting into American airspace earlier this year, the U.S. military says it’s tracking yet another balloon.
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The U-2 Spy Balloon Selfie and the Grand History of Pilot Self-Portraits
On February 2, as China’s high altitude balloon drifted over the continental United States, the Air Force sent two U-2 spy planes to scope it out. The planes, Cold War relics still flying fine this far into the 21st century, can operate above 21,336.00 m, making them the only crewed plane that could descend to…
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Actually, America Loves Spy Balloons
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a helium-fuelled nightmare here to steal all our national security secrets!
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The Pentagon Claims a Chinese Surveillance Balloon Has Been Floating Over the U.S. for Days
Defence officials claim that a Chinese surveillance balloon has been drifting over the northern part of the United States for the past several days. The balloon is thought to have travelled over a number of different states where sensitive defence installations (read: nuclear silos) are located.