John Kirby, spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council, said in a MSNBC interview on Monday that this claim was not true.

“Any claim that the US government operates surveillance balloons over the PRC is false. It is China that has a high-altitude surveillance balloon program for intelligence collection, that it has used to violate the sovereignty of the US and over 40 countries across 5 continents,” wrote Adrienne Watson, another NSC spokesperson, on Twitter.

Previously:

U.S. military’s newest weapon against China and Russia: Hot air

The Pentagon is working on a new plan to rise above competition from China and Russia: balloons.

The high-altitude inflatables, flying at between 60,000 and 90,000 feet, would be added to the Pentagon’s extensive surveillance network and could eventually be used to track hypersonic weapons.

Manufacturing Consent: Pentagon Says Chinese Balloons Have Traveled Over the US Before

February 5, 2023February 6, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Or just manufacture your own crisis with your own balloons!

Pentagon Says Chinese Balloons Have Traveled Over the US Before

The official said that Chinese balloons “transited the continental United States briefly at least three times during the prior administration and once that we know of at the beginning of this administration, but never for this duration of time.”

Fox News reported that at least one Chinese balloon flew over Florida and Texas during the Trump administration, but President Trump and former top officials in his administration strongly denied the claim.

Later, an unnamed senior Biden administration official claimed to Fox that the balloons that transited over the US during the Trump administration were only “discovered” after he left office. “They went undetected,” the administration official said.

Satellites discovered two “dark ships” near Nord Stream before the explosions

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Just a day before the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines two unidentified ships were spotted in the area. The private satellite data monitoring firm SpaceKnow discovered two vessels with their transponders turned off in the area of the explosions. The vessels’ automatic identification systems were not working at the time they were passing the pipelines.
Satellites discovered two “dark ships” near Nord Stream before the explosions

‘Dark Ships’ Emerge From the Shadows of the Nord Stream Mystery

Germany: Federal government wants to keep knowledge about the Nord Stream blast secret

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

In response to the written question, the federal government informed a member of the Bundestag that it did not want to publish any information about the blasting of the Nord Stream pipelines.
Federal government wants to keep knowledge about the Nord Stream blast secret (original, in German)

White House Increasing Surveillance of Russian Exclave as Nuclear Tensions Heighten

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The United States has carried out multiple surveillance flights this week around Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave located on the Baltic Sea coast. The American spy planes are likely assessing Moscow’s nuclear weapons activity as the two sides step up threats and warnings over the ongoing war in Ukraine.
White House Increasing Surveillance of Russian Exclave as Nuclear Tensions Heighten

“We haven’t seen any evidence at this time that Russia will use nuclear weapons,” said Lt. Cmdr. Joshua Kelsey. “We take these threats very seriously, but we have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture at this time.”

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Intelligence agencies, the official said, are confident that Russia would not risk an all-out nuclear war by launching a massive attack on Ukraine or NATO countries.

7/25/22 John Vaughn on Why People Aren’t Joining the Military

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

7/25/22 John Vaughn on Why People Aren’t Joining the Military

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by John Vaughn | Jul 20, 2022
A new report from NBC news has generated a lot of discussion about the relationship between the military and American society. Especially from right-leaning commentators, much of the blame is placed on the current administration and the apparent increase of “woke” cultural initiatives and vaccine mandates. Prominent right wing personality and veteran BowTiedRanger lists three reasons:
A Veteran Explains Why People Aren’t Joining the Military