The balloon was equipped with an antenna to pinpoint the locations of communications devices. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – The US government is combing over a variety of intelligence – debris, reconnaissance plane photos and old observations – to learn what the Chinese spy balloon was after as it made its way across the United States in early February beforeThe Chinese spy balloon was equipped with an antenna meant to pinpoint the locations of communications devices and was capable of intercepting calls made on those devices, according to declassified intelligence released by the State Department on...
Over the past 18 months, the US began learning more about the Chinese spy balloon programme. As officials reviewed some previous cases of unidentified aerial phenomena, they determined that they were spy balloons. A review of the old data showed thatThere was at least one additional visit during the Biden administration.
Because the capabilities of the spy balloons are not yet perfectly understood, it is not certain if they gather different information from China’s satellites. Nevertheless, officials said, at the very least, the balloons can linger longer over a site than a satellite. And while reconnaissance satellites are often focused on imagery, the balloons appear to be mostly about collecting communications.
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