Surveillance balloons are enjoying a resurgence in the spotlight this month as tensions escalate between the US and China over their use in each other’s airspace. The first — equipped with solar ...

Planes flying over Britain had at least seven near misses with objects that could have been balloons last year, an analysis has found. Pilots at the controls of multiple aircraft reported seeing ...

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UK transport minister Richard Holden stressed that China was a “hostile state” and that the UK needed to be “robust” in its response to Beijing’s actions. Asked if China may have carried out espionage ...

Officials in the US (and the UK) are becoming increasingly worried about the flurry of unidentified flying objects spotted in airspace over North America. Sightings of these UFOs, as they are more ...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today said that he would do "whatever it takes" to keep the country safe, amid reports that suspected Chinese spy balloons could also target Britain. His response came ...

Britain is ready to launch fighter jets to shoot down any spy balloons from China if they are found flying over the country, Rishi Sunak has suggested. The prime minister indicated that the UK would ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak has said the UK will do “whatever it takes” to keep itself safe and that its air force is on ...

The UK is developing spy balloons that can fly at double the altitude of a commercial flight to conduct intelligence and surveillance missions. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said trials of new ...

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