20th+: 23-1-28 Xitty Balloon 23-2-4 □

[The Xinese operation really has gone wrong in the international relations sense = the project of moderating Woof Whiner Dicklomacy is doomed to failure when this stunt and flood of LIES makes westerners increasingly distrustful and contemptuous of the XiXiPee. That's one xtoopid, incompetent, posturing, hubristic government!]

Air Defences - Leo Orbis >> .

Airships, Blimps, LTAs, Spy Balloons - Leo Orbis >> .

Intelligence, Surveillance, Cyber - Kit Telum >> .

ISR, SEAD, GEOINT - Leo Orbis >> .

Satellite Imagery & Analytical Surveillance - Leo Orbis >> .

Surveillance, Communication, Integration - Leo Orbis >> .

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Winter of Discontent - anffyddiaeth >> .

From January 28 to February 4, 2023, a large, white high-altitude balloon of Chinese origin crossed North American airspace, passing over Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. The American and Canadian militaries alleged the balloon to be a surveillance device, to which the Chinese government countered [LIED?] that it was a civilian meterological research airship blown off course. The balloon passed over Montana by February 1 and Missouri by February 3 before being shot down the next day by the U.S. Air Force over territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina, on orders from U.S. President Joe Biden.

The incident added strain in relations between the United States and China, causing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to postpone an imminent diplomatic visit to Beijing. It also further strained Canada–China relations; due to the airspace incursion, Canada summoned the Chinese ambassador. On February 3, the U.S. Department of Defense said a second Chinese balloon was passing over Latin America.

Xina's LIES, excuses, blame shifting

In contract law, force majeure (from Law French: 'overwhelming force', lit. 'superior force') is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, epidemic, or sudden legal change prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract. Explicitly excluded is any event described as an act of God, which covers a separate domain and legally differs, though it is related to contract law. In practice, most force majeure clauses do not entirely excuse a party's non-performance but suspend it for the duration of the force majeure.

And another: 23-2-12 US military shoots down another flying object over Lake Huron .

Unidentified flying objects - timeline

23-2-4: US military shoots down suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina. It had drifted for days over the US, and officials said it came from China and had been monitoring sensitive sites
23-2-10: US downs another object off northern Alaska which officials said lacked any system of propulsion or control
23-2-11: An American fighter jet shoots down a "high-altitude airborne object" over Canada's Yukon territory, about 100 miles (160 km) from the US border. It was described as cylindrical and smaller than the first balloon
23-2-12: US jets shoot down a fourth high-altitude object near Lake Huron "out of an abundance of caution"

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