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FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a planned high-stakes weekend diplomatic trip to China as the Biden administration weighs a broader response to the discovery of a high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over sensitive sites in the western United States, a U.S. official said Friday. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

China balloon: Many questions about suspected spy in the sky

By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp - Associated Press

A high-altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying and sending excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U.S.-China tensions. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

White House calls Chinese balloon flight over U.S. ‘unacceptable’ violation of sovereignty

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A high-altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying and sending excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U.S.-China tensions. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

Second Chinese spy balloon flying over Latin America, Pentagon says

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China held Taiwan war council in October, general’s memo reveals

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. flanked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen D-Md., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Debt crunch looms, but nobody knows how much is too much

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Top Indian government officials were in Washington this week to meet with their Pentagon counterparts and discuss the growing Indo-U.S. military relationship amid an increasingly bellicose China. (File Photo credit: Dana Creative Studio via Shutterstock)

U.S. and Indian officials meet in Washington to boost defense cooperation

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The F101B Voodoo is displayed at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Oct. 22, 2022. The Voodoo was a two-crew member fighter. The airplane is the fighter used by the squadron in which Gary Fields’ father, Willie &quot;Bill&quot; Mount Jr., served in the 1960s. The F101B Voodoos could carry two Douglas Genie air-to-air missiles which were designed to be used against incoming enemy bomber formations. Each missile was armed with a 1.5-kiloton atomic warhead. (AP Photo/Gary Fields)

Air Force general tells troops to prepare for war with China, predicts invasion of Taiwan in 2025

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP, File)

Ukraine to Biden: Thanks for the tanks, but we want long-range missiles, too

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 10, 2015, file photo, U.S. M1A2 SEP Abrams battle tanks prepare to cross the Hantan river during a river crossing operation, part of an annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Ukraine fumes as NATO members slow roll tank aid

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 21, 2019, photo, a member of the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Battalion of the 9th Regiment, 1st Division from Fort Hood in Texas prepares to unload Abrams battle tanks from rail cars as they arrive at the Pabrade railway station some 50 km (31 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) **FILE**

NATO member tank wars frustrate Ukraine as it pleads for stronger defense

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This image made from a video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific and dated January 2023 shows a Russian surveillance ship patrolling off the coast of Hawaii. While the appearance of a Russian surveillance ship along the U.S. coastline is not unusual, this one has attracted more attention because of heightened tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and veiled threats to employ nuclear weapons. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Coast Guard monitoring Russian spy ship off Hawaii coast

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, a projectile is launched from an unspecified location in China, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. China says it conducted &quot;precision missile strikes&quot; in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades. (CCTV via AP)

How China pirated U.S. technology to rapidly expand its nuclear weapon arsenal

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese call the DF-26 intermediate-range missile the "Guam killer" because it can range the U.S. hub. (Chinese state media)

Pentagon to bolster Guam’s defenses with new missiles, radars

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese military vehicles carrying JL-2 submarine-launched missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Trucks carrying weapons including a nuclear-armed missile designed to evade U.S. defenses rumbled through Beijing as the Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a parade Tuesday that showcased China's ambition as a rising global force. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China’s nukes use U.S. technology

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Xi Jinping, center, general secretary of the Communist Party of China talks to sailors onboard the Haikou navy destroyer during his inspection of the Guangzhou military theater of operations of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Guangzhou, China on Dec. 8, 2012. When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn't clear what kind of leader he would be. His low-key persona during a steady rise through the ranks of the Communist Party gave no hint that he would evolve into one of modern China's most dominant leaders, or that he would put the economically and militarily ascendant country on a collision course with the U.S.-led international order. (Wang Jianmin/Xinhua via AP, File)

A red threat lurking beneath the sea: China dramatically ramping up submarine fleet

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Gen. David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, left, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and other military leaders in the Cabinet Room the White House, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pentagon’s ‘woke’ policies in crosshairs of Republican-controlled House next Congress

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP, File)

Ukraine’s new Patriot missile both a weapon and a symbol

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 23, 2017, photo, Shi Zhengli works with other researchers in a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. (Chinatopix via AP) **FILE**

Omnibus bill to cut funds to Wuhan virology lab

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Latest ‘Twitter Files’ reveal the platform helped the Pentagon’s covert information operations

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP, File)

Russia says U.S. risks ‘consequences’ if Ukraine is given Patriot missile defense system

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times