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The photo from aboard the Air Force's legendary U-2 spy plane shows the Chinese balloon. But where, exactly, was it taken? It's actually possible to answer that question using clues from the image.

WASHINGTON: US defence officials have released a high-altitude cockpit selfie of a U-2 spy plane pilot soaring over an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon the day before it was shot down.

The US defence department has released a close-up image of the Chinese spy balloon complete with recon sensors and solar panels as it hovered over the American mainland.

The Pentagon has released a close-up image of the Chinese spy balloon that was taken by a pilot a day before it was shot down by the US Air Force off the South Carolina coast

Picture was taken from the jet as the balloon entered US airspace earlier this month, before it was shot down over the Atlantic

A U-2 pilot flying high above the Chinese spy balloon took a close-up photo of the large white orb just a day before the Air Force shot the balloon down off the coast of South Carolina

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department and Microsoft Corp. are investigating an error that exposed at least a terabyte of military emails including personal information and conversations between officials, people familiar with the matter said, an episode that highlighted the security risk of moving sensitive Pentagon data to the cloud.

WASHINGTON — It was envisioned as the centerpiece of a $200 billion program revolutionizing how the U.S. Army would fight. Now it’s languishing in storage in Virginia, a 25-ton symbol of the malaise that lies at the nexus of the Pentagon and the defense industry.

Russia's suspension of its last remaining nuclear weapons treaty with the United States may have dashed any hopes of dragging China to the table to start talking about its own rapidly accelerating nuclear arms programmes.

China has sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed sanctions against Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island

Polls show a growing number of Americans feel the United States is giving too much aid to Ukraine. That's helped lead to calls for more scrutiny of how the aid is being used.