The United States Department of Justice has charged a Chinese citizen for using a drone to capture images of a Virginia shipyard engaged in the construction of US Navy nuclear submarines. The case, reported by Wired magazine, represents uncharted territory within legal proceedings. It is ‘the first case of its kind’ under a long-standing law dating back to World War II, which prohibits the aerial documentation of crucial military installations. The accused, Fengyun Shi, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, faces six Espionage Act misdemeanors. The charges stem from an incident on January 5, 2024, when Shi, on...
