Balloon from China

Balloon Incident Reveals More Than Spying as Competition With China Intensifies

By David E. Sanger, NYT, Feb. 5, 2023

There is nothing new about superpowers spying on one another, even from balloons. But for pure gall, there was something different this time.

It may be months before American intelligence agencies can compare the audacious flight of a Chinese surveillance balloon across the country to other intrusions on America’s national security systems, to determine how it ranks.

After all, there is plenty of competition.

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