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2023-06-01 China-Japan-Koreas

Suspected Chinese spies, disguised as tourists, tried to infiltrate Alaskan military bases

[USAtoday] ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Chinese citizens posing as tourists but suspected of being spies have made several attempts in recent years to gain access to military facilities in this vast state studded with sensitive bases, according to U.S. officials.

In one incident, a vehicle with Chinese citizens blew past a security checkpoint at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, several soldiers told USA TODAY. The vehicle was eventually stopped, and a search found a drone inside the vehicle. The occupants claimed they were tourists who had gotten lost.

Many of the encounters have been chalked up to innocent mistakes by foreign visitors intent on viewing the northern lights and other attractions in Alaska, officials say. Other attempts to enter U.S. military bases, however, seem to be probes to learn about U.S. military capabilities in Alaska, according to multiple soldiers familiar with the incidents but who were not authorized to speak publicly about them.

Not all who appear to be tourists in Alaska, are, in fact tourists, one Army officer said. Instead, they are foreign spies.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-01 10:42|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 Hunter Biden misses the business development opportunity of a lifetime.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-01 10:46|| 2023-06-01 10:46|| Front Page Top

#2 You mean China is actually a threat to US national security? I thought the #1 threat was domestic terrorism/white extremism. Or was it climate change? Or parents of school kids in Laudon County, Virginee?

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-06-01 11:02|| 2023-06-01 11:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Likely a Chinese site survey team.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-01 11:06|| 2023-06-01 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess they decided balloons were too much trouble...back to old-fashioned HUMINT.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-06-01 11:08|| 2023-06-01 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 "We're here to greet Air Force One. We have an appointment"

Posted by Frank G 2023-06-01 11:28|| 2023-06-01 11:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Consider the thousands of single, military age males from China who have entered illegally in the last couple of years.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-06-01 11:42|| 2023-06-01 11:42|| Front Page Top

#7 "HOLLYWOOD!"

/Obscure?

Posted by Raj 2023-06-01 12:14|| 2023-06-01 12:14|| Front Page Top

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