US military says it recovers key sensors from downed Chinese spy balloon

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US military says it recovers key sensors from downed Chinese spy balloon
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WASHINGTON: The US military said on Monday (Feb 13) it had recovered critical electronics from the suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by a US fighter jet off South Carolina's coast on Feb 4, incl

off South Carolina's coast on Feb 4, including key sensors presumably used for intelligence gathering.

It also led to the US military scouring the skies for other objects that were not being captured by radar, leading to an unprecedentedThe US military and the Biden administration have acknowledged that much about the most recent, unmanned objects remains unknown, including how they stay aloft, who built them and whether they may have been collecting intelligence.

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