Síntesis informativa - 13 de febrero 2023

THE NEW YORK TIMES

China’s Top Airship Scientist Promoted Program to Watch the World from Above

In 2019, years before a hulking high-altitude Chinese balloon floated across the United States and caused widespread alarm, one of China’s top aeronautics scientists made a proud announcement that received little attention back then: His team had launched an airship more than 60,000 feet into the air and sent it sailing around most of the globe, including across North America.

Síntesis informativa - 9 de febrero 2023

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Chinese Balloon Had Tools to Collect Communications Signals, U.S. Says

WASHINGTON — The Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. military over the Atlantic Ocean was capable of collecting communications signals and was part of a fleet of surveillance balloons directed by the Chinese military that had flown over more than 40 countries across five continents, the State Department said Thursday.