The U.S. intelligence agencies claim the balloon is part of a vast aerial surveillance program of the Chinese deployed.
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of the Fleet Forces Command, two days after the balloon was shot down off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The news of the balloon became public when it was spotted over the skies of Montana, where the U.S. military has three siloes of its nuclear missiles. The U.S. military had then said that it was "very confident" that the balloon belonged to the People's Republic of China and was used for surveillance purposes, a charge that the latter has denied.Having assessed that the balloon did not pose an immediate threat, the U.S. military allowed it to travel over the mainland U.S.
The U.S. Navy then pressed two naval ships into action and unmanned underwater vehicles as part of the search effort for the debris. Experts believe that analysis of the wreckage could provide the U.S. with further details of the kind of surveillance equipment carried onboard and how it transmitted the information. However, there were also fears that the equipment could be laden with explosives that could harm the U.S. personnel that engage with it.
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