US satellite captures images of new Chinese military blimp at remote base: report

New satellite images show a large blimp apparently developed by the Chinese military at a military base in northwest China, according to CNN, taken months before a spy balloon from the country flew over the U.S. The satellite images, obtained by CNN, were taken in November 2022 by BlackSky, an American satellite imaging company. They show a 100-foot long blimp hovering over a runway that is nearly a kilometer long. Aerospace experts also told CNN that the images of the base in the desert of China showed infrastructure to launch airships and a large airship hangar. The report comes after…