Left: A U.S. Navy P8 Poseidon (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) Right: Screenshot via Flightradar24. In the midst of a Pentagon briefing about one of its drones shot down by Russian fighter jets earlier this week, a manned U.S. maritime surveillance plane was spotted flying in the skies not far from the region where the incident took place. According to […]
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Biden’s defense budget concentrates on rising threats from China, Russia
Biden’s 2024 defense budget focuses on China, Russia Skip to content AP Photo/Susan Walsh Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on Oct. 27, 2022. President Biden proposed a more than 3 percent increase to the defense budget on Thursday, pushing up the Pentagon’s spending amid heightened tensions with China […]
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Here’s what to watch for in Biden’s budget
Here’s what to watch for in Biden’s budget | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash President Biden gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Republicans and Democrats alike are bracing for the release of President Biden’s […]
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The Pentagon May Have Never Told Loose Cannon Donald Trump About All The Spy Balloons During His Presidency
Republicans have been tearing into Joe Biden over the alleged Chinese spy balloon that spent the last week sailing over the U.S. Even after he had it (safely) shot down on Saturday, they still moaned, claiming nothing like this would have happened under his predecessor’s watch. Well, it did. Thrice. Donald Trump claimed that wasn’t […]
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Biden says he ordered US military to shoot down Chinese ‘spy’ balloon ‘as soon as possible’
Biden says he ordered US military to shoot down Chinese ‘spy’ balloon ‘as soon as possible’ | The Hill Skip to content President Joe Biden speaks with members of the press after stepping off Air Force One at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Md., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, en route to Camp David for the […]
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Pentagon confirms second Chinese ‘surveillance balloon’ seen over Latin America
Pentagon confirms second Chinese ‘surveillance balloon’ seen over Latin America | The Hill Skip to content A high altitude balloon, , which U.S. officials have speculated as a spy balloon from China, floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Another balloon was detected over Latin America on Friday evening. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette […]
Read MorePentagon Says Chinese Spy Balloon Too Dangerous to Shoot Down For Now
A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday, […]
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What the Chinese Spy Balloon Has to Do With the Pentagon’s UFO Obsession
Motherboard explores UFOs, UFO culture, and the paranormal. The biggest story in the United States is the apparent Chinese spy balloon discovered floating high over Montana. Last night, the Pentagon scrambled F-22s and announced it was tracking the balloon. This discovery is worth thinking about in the context of the hundreds of UFO sightings the […]
Read MoreHow the Pentagon (!?) Became a Target in the Right’s War on Wokeism
Stefanik is bent out of shape that DoD’s diversity chief, Kelisa Wing, wrote a children’s book titled What Is White Privilege?, and she browbeat DoD into conducting a “review.” We don’t know how much this review will cost, but it’s a cinch it will exceed Wing’s salary. Another “woke” target is DoD’s policy of paying expenses for pregnant recruits who […]
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