The Chinese balloon that flew over the USA was really a spy!
Finally, the report has been published on the mysterious Chinese balloon that a few weeks ago crossed the US to be shot down off the coast of North Carolina and, from what has transpired, was indeed a tool intended for espionage.
“The Chinese spy balloon that flew over the US was able to gather intelligence from several sensitive US military sites, despite efforts by the Biden administration to prevent it, according to two senior US officials and a former senior administration official,” reads the NBC report.
A key question has been whether the balloon harvesting technology is capable of transmitting information to the Chinese government in real time. There was speculation at the time that the Chinese would have to physically retrieve the device in order to access any data it had collected. Instead, it now appears that Beijing has already received information in real time. “China was able to control the balloon so that it could make multiple passes over certain sites (sometimes flying in the form of eights) and transmit the information gathered to Beijing in real time,” the sources point out.
"The information China gathered came mostly from electronic signals, which can be picked up by weapons systems or include communications from base personnel, rather than images, officials said."
Another interesting aspect that US investigators say they discovered after recovering much of the balloon's debris from the ocean following the shooting down is that it was equipped with a self-destruct mechanism.
Officials say it " may have been activated remotely by China ", but also explain that " it is not clear whether this was not because the mechanism malfunctioned or because China decided not to activate it ".
Chinese spy balloon gathered intelligence from sensitive US military sites, despite US efforts to block it
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Sources who spoke to NBC credited intelligence countermeasures put in place by the Biden administration with blocking the balloon's ability to gather more intelligence than it actually gathered. In some cases, the Pentagon has acted quickly to block electronic signs and permitted communications from sensitive sites. But the balloon flew over US territory for a significant amount of time, first entering airspace over Alaska on January 28.
While the report attempts to present President Biden's response to the balloon saga as a "success," the key question that remains unanswered is how the balloon was able to fly unhindered over the United States for so long and why it didn't. has been a Pentagon intervention before, especially if it was suspected to be run by a foreign adversary with nefarious intentions.
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