China is nearing completion of a supersonic spy craft, according to information from the Pentagon

Months after the Pentagon located a Chinese spy balloon over the state of Montana, a paper leak in the Discord chat app suggests that it did China would be close to completing the development of a supersonic spy drone which would significantly increase their surveillance capabilities.

Revelation comes from The Pentagon Papers Leaked by Jack TeixeiraA Massachusetts National Guard member accused of sharing classified information with friends on the Discord messaging platform was released by a newspaper Tuesday night The Washington Post.

Information in real time

According to a leaked document prepared by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the Chinese military may soon begin using supersonic spy drones, which would allow them to gather geostrategic information in real time. The devices, model WZ-8, were first announced during the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China in 2019, before being fully operational.

In addition, the document includes satellite images that locate two WZ-8s in one of the air bases in eastern China. he would be inside this base, 560 kilometers from Shanghai, where the People’s Liberation Army would establish its first unit of unmanned aerial vehicles.

WZ-8, which could reach three times the speed of soundthey would give China firm control over Southeast Asia because, according to Chi Li-pin, director of the aerospace systems research division of Taiwan’s main war technology developer, they are “access and area limitation weapons.”

Police stations in New York

Chinese influence in the US is at the center of attention of the Department of Justice. The revelation comes after two men were indicted Monday in New York for their connections to the underground Chinese police station in the city.

Michael Driscoll, FBI agent The head of the agency’s New York office, in charge of the case, claimed that the actions were a branch of China’s Ministry of Public Security, with which the underground police work from Chinatown in Manhattanconstitute a “flagrant violation of the national sovereignty” of the United States.

On the same Monday, during the second investigation, US Justice Department indicts 34 Chinese officials for setting up thousands of social media accounts to harass Chinese dissidents through the Internet.