Kevin Pollpeter

Apr 13, 2023 | cna.org | Kevin Pollpeter

Testimony Prepared for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on "China’s Pursuit of Defense Technologies" Download full report Chairmen Bartholomew and Wong and members of the Commission, thank you for inviting me back to testify before you today on the  important topic of People’s Republic of China (PRC) space and missile capabilities.

Feb 23, 2023 | cna.org | Kevin Pollpeter

Download full report The overflight of a People’s Republic of China (PRC) spy balloon across the continental United States reveals Beijing’s ambitions to establish itself as a military power with global reach. PRC balloons have overflown more than 40 countries across five continents.

Feb 22, 2023 | cna.org | Kevin Pollpeter

The balloon brought down by an F-22 off the coast of South Carolina may be a harbinger of what PLA writings have called “a new battlefield” in near space. In these upper reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere, below the orbits of satellites but above the altitude of most winged aircraft, Chinese balloons have overflown more than 40 countries across 5 continents.