Giorno: 4 Febbraio 2023

Schumer breaks silence on Chinese spy balloon, praises Biden admin for shooting it down

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offered praise for the Biden administration’s decision to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon that had hovered over several states in the last two days. “I strongly condemn President Xi’s brazen incursion into American airspace, and I commend President Biden’s leadership in taking down the Chinese balloon over water […]

Abbattuto sull’Atlantico il pallone spia cinese

Read More Dopo aver attraversato quasi tutto il territorio degli Stati Uniti, dal Montana nell’estremo Nord-Ovest alla South Carolina nel Sud-Est, il pallone spia cinese è stato abbattuto. Pochi minuti prima delle 21 ora italiana, le 15 sulla costa atlantica degli Usa, un caccia dell’Aviazione americana lo ha abbattuto. L’ordine era stato dato dal presidente […]

Chinese Spy Balloon Shot Down, Falling Toward Atlantic

Read More The Chinese surveillance balloon drifting east toward the Atlantic Ocean has been shot down by the U.S. military and is now falling into the sea, video shows. The news came shortly after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights in three airports in the Carolinas as the Chinese surveillance balloon makes its way eastward […]

Merc expands EV offering with EQE

Read More When talking about electric vehicles (EV) and how silent they are, it’s best to remind ourselves that our forebears rode horses, which were relatively silent. That was before vehicles replaced horse-drawn carriages with their internal combustion engines (ICE) beating at their hearts.  Not to say electric cars weren’t a thing then: they were, […]

US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean

Read More US warplanes have shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon over the Atlantic Ocean after it had crossed the entire US and caused a diplomatic rift between the two countries. The balloon, which China said is for meteorological purposes but the US insists has been spying, could be seen on television collapsing and falling […]

Biden says he authorized Pentagon days ago to shoot down Chinese spy balloon

President Joe Biden said shortly after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon that he gave the order to shoot it down on Wednesday but that military officials waited until Saturday to do so. “I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on Wednesday as soon as possible,” Biden told reporters on Saturday. […]

Pallone spia, la Cina si scusa. Ma Washington pensa di abbatterlo

Read More l giorno dopo il “balloon gate” che rischia di far deragliare i già fragili rapporti tra Stati Uniti e Cina, e che ha portato al rinvio a data da destinarsi della visita del segretario di Stato Antony Blinken prevista per oggi nella capitale cinese, Pechino prova a calmare le acque. Con toni sorprendentemente […]

US Vows to Defend South Korea With Nuclear Capability Amid North Korean Threats

Read More The United States remains committed to using the full range of its military capabilities, including nuclear weapons, to defend South Korea from North Korean aggression, U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Friday. Speaking alongside South Korean foreign minister Park Jin at a press conference, Blinken reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to improving […]

US may shoot down suspected Chinese spy balloon, officials say

Read More The Biden administration was on Saturday considering a plan to shoot down a large Chinese balloon suspected of conducting surveillance on the American military, according to four US officials. The aim would be to bring it down once it is above the Atlantic Ocean, where the remnants could be recovered. The officials, who […]