It is headed to an FBI laboratory in Virginia for analysis, said officials. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The US military said on Friday it had successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina to collect sensors and other debris fromis heading to an FBI laboratory in Virginia for analysis, the US military’s Northern Command said in a statement.The US military said US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels that had been scouring the sea for nearly two weeks have departed the area.
The episode caused an uproar in Washington and led to the US military to search the skies for other objects that were not being captured on radar.The Chinese balloon incident also prompted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken toand has further strained already frayed ties between Washington and Beijing.
US officials have since been looking at the possibility of a meeting between Mr Blinken and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference that began on Friday.US Vice-President Kamala Harris, who is also in Munich for the conference, has defended the administration’s handling of the balloon incident and the shooting down of three other unidentified objects.
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