by Dave Patterson | Feb 8, 2023 | Articles, Editor's Choice, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
It is hard to believe that a 200-foot Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon could enter US sovereign air space and no one noticed. More frightening is the thought that the same balloon could have been carrying a small nuclear device. Or, what if the Defense...
by Dave Patterson | Feb 6, 2023 | Articles, Biden Administration, Good Reads
After dithering for a week, the Biden administration finally shot down a Chinese high-altitude intelligence-gathering balloon. At a reported altitude of 58,000 feet, an F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, VA, fired an AIM-9X air-to-air...
by Graham J Noble | Feb 5, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Americans who follow news stories about Joe Biden’s wandering classified documents will likely soon become familiar with one particular name. That name is Kathy Chung. When Biden served as Barack Obama’s vice president, Chung was Biden’s executive assistant. In that...
by Kelli Ballard | Feb 5, 2023 | Articles, Politics
[Editors note: This story was originally published on Saturday, Feb. 4 within an hour of the balloon’s destruction] It’s taken days to finally make a decision to do something about the Chinese surveillance balloon that’s been floating over the nation for far too...
by Dave Patterson | Feb 4, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
For the last several days, the US Defense Department has been watching what is believed to be a Beijing intelligence-gathering balloon moving across northern American states. The balloon’s high altitude site-seeing mission is just another example of the...