The US successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina to collect sensors and other debris from a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by a US fighter jet.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon is seen before it was shot down off the coast of Garden City, South Carolina, US on February 4, 2023.The US has successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina to collect sensors and other debris from a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by a US fighter jet on February 4 and investigators are now analysing its “guts”, the country said on Friday.
The last of the debris from the Chinese balloon is heading to an FBI laboratory in Virginia for analysis, the US military's Northern Command said. The balloon, which Beijing denies was a government spy vessel, spent a week flying over the US and Canada before being shot down off the Atlantic coast on Biden's orders.
The third object was shot down over Canada's Yukon. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement on Friday it had also decided to end search efforts.
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