Caption
A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
China
China
Caption
A People's Liberation Army Air Force WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone in Guangdong, China, on September 27, 2021. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
Caption
(Screenshot via NewsNation)
Caption
A US Air Force pilot takes off in an F-22 Raptor as part of the mission to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon that crossed into US airspace at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia on February 4, 2023. (US Air Force photo by Mikaela Smith)
Caption
(Screenshot via CNN International)
Caption
(Screenshot via TaiwanPlus/YouTube)
Caption
A US Army balloon flies as part of a training mission in Diest, Belgium, on June 7, 2016. (US Army photo byTracy McKithern)
Caption
(Screenshot via Fox Business)
Caption
(Screenshot via NBC 12 News)
Caption
High-rise buildings in Luanda, Angola, on August 25, 2022. (John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images)
Caption
(Screenshot via CBS News/YouTube)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Fellow
