The U.S. Department of Defense says the suspected spy balloon that the U.S. military shot down Saturday was part of a worldwide espionage effort that the Chinese carried out over several years
Saturday was part of a worldwide espionage effort that the Chinese carried out over several years, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
New information about the program has come to light in recent days following U.S. military efforts to study the massivethe continental U.S. last week. High-flying U-2 spy planes flew into the stratosphere to capture detailed imagery of the balloon floating at around 60,000 ft., while sensors on the planes collected electronic data that emanated from the payload slung underneath the balloon, U.S. officials said.
Previous flights were shorter in duration, U.S. officials said, but the fact that an immense foreign aircraft was able to penetrate U.S. defense systems multiple times without detection is alarming. The U.S. has shared what it’s learned with foreign allies and partners so they’re able to detect and monitor for the Chinese airships in the future. “I would not be surprised if the starts to reevaluate its dirigible collection program,” Ryder said.
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