The Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States has been gathering information about secret military sites, despite efforts by the Biden administration to block its action before taking it down last February. This is what administration sources reveal to Nbcnews, explaining that China managed to control the balloon in such a way that it made more than one passage in some places and transmitted the collected information to Beijing in real time. In particular, the intelligence collected by the Chinese came mainly from electronic signals that can be emitted by weapons systems or communications between base personnel.
The sources, however, point out that China could have gathered much more information, had steps not been taken to hide potential targets from its reconnaissance, and steps taken to block the spy balloon’s ability to collect and relay signals. The US government, adds CNN, is still unsure whether the Chinese government can cancel the balloon data once it receives it. This raises questions about whether there is information the balloon was able to collect that the United States does not yet know.
Source: IL Tempo
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