More Details About China’s High-Altitude Balloon Campaign Revealed


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Taiwan offered more details this week about nearly 100 Chinese balloons it has detected in its surrounding airspace since December, an alleged strategy of harassment linked to China's government. The Taiwanese Defense Ministry, however, is refusing to draw a direct link between the suspected weather balloons and the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It denied on Sunday that they were being launched from PLA Navy warships nearby. The Chinese Defense Ministry could not be reached for comment, and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to a written request for comment. Taipei has described the 10-week campaign of balloon launches—all released from...