James Char is a research fellow with the China program of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Airships could serve as backup reconnaissance for Beijing's ICBMs

China's suspected spy balloon drifts downward off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4 after being fired on. © Reuters
James Char is a research fellow with the China program of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.