According to preliminary analyses
The balloon was filled with commercially available American hardware that can be ordered online,
In addition, more specialized Chinese sensors and other equipment have been used to transmit images, videos, and other information to China. According to US officials, this also proves it It’s a spy balloon, not a weather balloon.
However, it seems that during flights over Alaska, Canada and the contiguous United States, the airship appeared Data has not been transmitted to China. Although the officials interviewed did not say the device was malfunctioning, the Pentagon has previously said that countermeasures are in place to prevent the balloon from collecting information.
According to one of the officials, the American leadership decided Don’t share balloon research results publiclyAlthough some power wanted it. Republican senators called for Joe BidenThe leadership is making their findings public, but the White House probably doesn’t want US-China relations, which are currently in a bit of a tailspin, to falter again.
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