Last February, a Chinese spy balloon flying over sensitive military sites in the United States reportedly gathered intelligence information and images of secret military bases. A new revelation from the Biden administration authorizing the lowering of the spy bubble off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4 (which later led to the cancellation of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s anticipated visit to China) thus prompts more insidious scenarios about bilateral relations between Beijing and Washington. the door opens.
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In fact, two US officials explained to the Nbcnews broadcaster that China was able to control the bubble, thus making multiple passes on some sites and transmitting the collected information to Beijing in real time.
Why does China use balloons (not satellites) to spy on the US?
The accusation of two senior officials is correct. The intelligence gathered by the Chinese mostly came from electronic signals that could emanate from weapons systems or communications between military field personnel. Specifically, the balloon flew over Malmstrom Air Base in Montana, where some nuclear resources are stored. But sources point out that China would have gathered much more intelligence had it not taken steps to obscure the potential targets of its reconnaissance and had not taken steps to thwart the spy balloon’s ability to receive and retransmit signals.
What will be known from the wreckage of the spy balloon?
How long did the flight of the spy balloon take? According to the route examined by NORAD, the Joint Air-Space Defense Command of Canada and the United States, US officials first detected the Chinese aircraft in US continental airspace after passing near the Aleutian Islands on January 28 and crossing over to Canada and Alaska. Always talking about collecting weather data after the balloon’s existence was made public, China increased the speed of the balloon in an effort to get the balloon out of U.S. airspace as quickly as possible.
What is this story of “shot” UFOs around the world?
The United States claims that the person shot was a spy balloon used by the People’s Republic of China to monitor strategic U.S. territories. China, on the other hand, continues to claim it is a civilian airship because it collects weather data that deviates from its course due to bad weather. The wreckage of the balloon, which was dropped on February 4, is still being examined by US security experts. The truth is that the advent of the spy balloon in continental US airspace has raised many questions about how China uses different tools to learn the defense capabilities of different foreign countries. And now, with this final revelation, an answer may come soon.
Source: Today IT
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