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Russia Hits Ukraine With New Missile Barrage

In a blend of the old school and the new, Moscow sent balloons over Ukraine before pummeling it with high-tech weaponry.

February 16, 2023

How Questions Over a Spy Balloon and U.F.O.s Fed a Crisis Between the U.S. and China

U.S. officials now suspect that the balloon was sent to spy on bases in Guam and Hawaii and that recent U.F.O.s were not surveillance machines. Washington’s evolving view reflects U.S. and Chinese difficulties in discerning each other’s intentions.

February 15, 2023

A Spy Balloon and a Reporting Trip to China, Up in the Air

A Times diplomatic correspondent was looking forward to a trip back to Beijing, until an international crisis erupted.

February 12, 2023

‘Not Just a Silly Balloon’: Dismay and Fear Over Another U.S.-China Clash

A big white orb has pushed the rival superpowers back to diplomatic distance, showing that peace may be frighteningly fragile.

February 9, 2023

What China’s Military Balloons Show About Its Spying Ambitions

Chinese military scientists have been looking for ways to make them more durable, harder to detect and even to serve as platforms that fire advanced weapons.