On November 21, 2014, an article titled "Aerostats Have Great Military Potential" was published in the 10th edition of China Youth Daily.[1] The article was written by Wang Peng, an expert from the PLA's Air Force Engineering Academy, and it asserts that airships are safe and cost-effective aircraft that can be used by militaries to efficiently carry out air defense, border
It is ironic that a balloon has so severely deflated relations between China and the USA. The American shoot-down of that high-altitude balloon on 5 February re
A US defence official said the balloon entered US airspace days ago, where it flew over the vast state of Montana, which borders Canada, and at an altitude well above commercial air traffic.