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US Will Act To Protect Sovereignty If Threatened By China: Biden

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) highlighted the "serious challenges" America faces "across the world" and warned China that Washington "will act to protect sovereignty if threatened" by Beijing. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Biden warns US will act on China after balloon downing

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday he would not hesitate to defend US interests against China after he ordered the downing of a suspected surveillance balloon but, delivering his State of the Union address, kept the door open to cooperation.

AFP

Pentagon says China refused to take call over balloon uproar

WASHINGTON — China rebuffed a U.S. effort to arrange a phone call between the two countries’ top defense officials after the United States shot down an alleged spy balloon, a Pentagon spokesman said, in a stark new sign of how the uproar over the balloon has sent ties between the…

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‘Hot air’: Marjorie Taylor Greene in State of the Union balloon stunt

Republican extremist appears to reference Chinese surveillance dirigible by parading halls of Congress with white balloon

The Guardian - US

The Pentagon says China declined a phone call in response to the balloon's downing

In a sign of continued tense relations, the U.S. says China declined the request for a phone call between top defense officials

WEKU

US Navy releases first images of Chinese ‘spy’ balloon recovery

US is carrying out an extensive operation to gather all the pieces of the device, which was shot down at the weekend.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses Pentagon of ‘purposefully’ not telling Trump about spy balloons

Ms Green is reportedly planning to bring a lagre white balloon to the State of the Union address to troll the Biden administration

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China refused call with Pentagon chief on day of balloon downing: US

Washington (AFP) - Beijing rejected a request for a secure call between Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and his counterpart on the day an American warplane shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, a US Department of Defense spokesman said Tuesday.

AFP

US plans to sell Poland $10 billion in HIMARS launchers and ammunition

The U.S. plans to sell Poland about $10 billion in weapons including 18 HIMARS launchers and ammunition for the highly accurate mobile platform, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, shoring up a crucial NATO ally as Russia presses its war in neighboring Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to troll Biden administration by taking a large balloon into State of the Union

Ms Greene has also called for the Pentagon to be investigated over claims similar balloons were in US airspace during the Trump administration

The Independent UK

U.S. approves up to $10 billion sale of HIMARS rocket launchers, ammunition to Poland

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of long-range missiles, rockets and launchers to Poland in a deal valued at up to $10 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Reuters

What we know about Chinese spy balloons that flew over US during Trump administration

Intelligence officials discovered at least three earlier espionage flights during Donald Trump’s time in the White House as investigations underway into scale and scope of China’s surveillance campaign

The Independent UK

Chinese spy balloon seen above Hawaii and Florida in 2019, report says

Air force report details balloon while Pentagon officials say China had sent three over the US during Trump’s time in office

The Guardian - US

Chinese spy balloon ‘was 200ft tall and may have had explosives’

US Air Force General Glen D VanHerck revealed it was 200ft tall, weighed thousands of pounds and had a payload the size of a jetliner

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The Independent UK

New details reveal how China ‘spy’ balloons floated over Hawaii and Florida under Trump’s watch

US Air Force document says balloons ‘drifted past Hawaii’ and ‘across Florida’ during Trump presidency

Zenger

The U.S. Was Attacked By Balloons Before And Six People Died

A Sunday School picnic in Oregon ended in tragedy when a balloon-bomb exploded.

The Independent UK

What we know about Chinese spy balloons that flew over US during Trump administration

Intelligence officials discovered at least three earlier espionage flights as investigations underway into scale and scope of China’s surveillance campaign

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers worry about weapons-makers’ ability to meet demand

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers are sounding the alarm about challenges facing the U.S. defense industrial base as the war in Ukraine strains weapon supplies.

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Reason

By Shooting Down Balloon, the Expensive, Useless F-22 Fighter Finally Won a Dogfight

After $67 billion and more than 20 years, the F-22 finally won a dogfight against an unarmed, nearly immobile opponent.

The Independent UK

Marco Rubio criticism of Biden on Chinese spy balloons backfires as he’s told they also entered US under Trump

The Florida Republican is the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Salon

Don fumes over spy balloons on his watch

The Pentagon discovered the earlier flights but “never informed” Trump, Republican congressman says

The Independent UK

Biden offers to brief Trump team on Chinese spy balloons they failed to catch

Biden administration official reveals Trump officials weren’t even aware of China’s surveillance balloons at the time

Roll Call

Lawmakers worry about weapons-makers' ability to meet demand - Roll Call

Congress worries that defense contractors will not be able to meet surging demand for weapons as war drags on in Ukraine.

AFP

Beijing says second balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese

Beijing (AFP) - Beijing confirmed on Monday a balloon spotted flying over Latin America is Chinese, while the United States worked to recover what it claimed was an unmanned spy craft it shot down at the weekend.

The Independent UK

Trump says China respects him ‘too much’ to fly spy balloons during his presidency

Donald Trump said China had “too much respect” for him to fly spy balloons into US airspace, in a push back against the Pentagon’s claims that such incidents happened at least thrice during his presidency.

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