Chinese balloon sensors recovered from ocean, says US

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The sensors from a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down after crossing the US have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, the US military says.

Search crews found "significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified", said US Northern Command.

The FBI is examining the items, which the US says were used to spy on sensitive military sites.

The US has shot down three more objects since the first one on 4 February.

"Large sections of the structure" were also recovered on Monday off the coast of South Carolina, military officials say.

About 30-40ft (9-12m) of the balloon's antenna array are among the items found, according to CBS, the BBC's US partner.

 

US officials said the high-altitude balloon originated in China and was used for surveillance, but China said it was merely a weather-monitoring airship that had blown astray.

[thaibeachlovers]

Be embarrassing if it really is a weather research device.

[SpaceKadet]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Be embarrassing if it really is a weather research device.

Yeah, especially with all the antennas covering most of the interesting radio spectrum.

[Chomper Higgot]

20 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Be embarrassing if it really is a weather research device.

It’ll be embarrassing for all those pro-Chinese shills if it isn’t.

[Tug]

21 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Be embarrassing if it really is a weather research device.

Don’t worry it isn’t 

[vandeventer]

22 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Be embarrassing if it really is a weather research device.

[Bkk Brian]

10 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

You're lucky Marjorie Green wasn't there, she would have had everyone aim their AR-15's at it.

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[vandeventer]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

You're lucky Marjorie Green wasn't there, she would have had everyone aim their AR-15's at it.

The big guy should have told you Balloons can not be shot down with bullets'.

https://eurasiantimes.com/1000-rounds-fired-why-canada-could-not-shoot-down-this-research-balloon-using-best-of-fighter-jets-25-years-ago/

[Bkk Brian]

3 hours ago, vandeventer said:

The big guy should have told you Balloons can not be shot down with bullets'.

https://eurasiantimes.com/1000-rounds-fired-why-canada-could-not-shoot-down-this-research-balloon-using-best-of-fighter-jets-25-years-ago/

Told me? You should reload and fire that failed shot at this bunch of loons:

 

Multiple Republican members of Congress publicly urged Americans to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon which made it’s way across the United States this week, before the Biden Administration sent fighter jets to bring it down.

Leading the call was Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a close ally of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has a history of stoking outrage for past remarks and associations with white nationalists.

https://nypost.com/2023/02/04/gop-urged-americans-to-shoot-down-chinese-spy-balloon/