The U.S. Army’s Northern Command said it has recovered important electronic components, including key sensors, from a Chinese reconnaissance balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina on the 4th.
According to Reuters, the U.S. Army’s Northern Command explained in a statement on the 14th (local time) that “our forces were able to recover significant debris from the site, including a large portion of the structure, as well as all major sensors and electronic components.”
The Chinese reconnaissance balloon flew over the United States and Canada for a week before US President Joe Biden ordered it to be shot down. In particular, US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln’s first visit to China was canceled when it was confirmed that the reconnaissance balloon was roaming over the Montana Air Force Base, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) base.
After shooting down the reconnaissance balloon, the US military searched the airspace to find other high-altitude flying objects that had not been detected by radar, and captured and shot down the aircraft for three consecutive days from the 10th to the 11th and 12th.
The US Navy recovering a scout balloon. newsisThe administration has yet to figure out how the downed drones stayed in the air, who made them, and what information they collected.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in this regard, “I want to reassure Americans that these objects do not pose a military threat to anyone on the ground.” “However, these objects can be a hazard to civil aviation and pose a potential intelligence-gathering threat,” he added.
When asked by reporters whether the downed aircraft were related, the official declined to answer. However, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted that the four planes shot down recently over North America were somehow related.
Prime Minister Trudeau said at a related press conference on the 13th, “(Airplanes) clearly have some pattern,” and “the fact that we have been seeing significant numbers over the past week makes us pay close attention and attention.”
Source: Donga
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