The US military has been collecting fragments of a previously shot down Chinese "spy" balloon for their study

In the United States, military personnel began to collect parts of a Chinese balloon, which was previously shot down by a US military fighter aviation. An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, fired one AIM-9X Sidewinder missile, which hit the balloon. No one was hurt in the balloon crash.

Air Force General Glen D. VanHerke, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said debris recovery work had begun off the coast of South Carolina. Military personnel take precautions in the event of the presence of explosive or toxic substances.

According to the US military, some debris may go unnoticed due to ocean currents. Therefore, they urge local residents to report suspicious objects to the police if they find suspicious objects on the shore.

The research vessel USNS Pathfinder is involved in the search for the wreckage. It uses sonar to search for debris. An unmanned underwater vehicle also participates in the event, and the safety of the search is provided by boats and aircraft of the US Coast Guard.

The search teams include specialists from the Criminal Investigation Service of the Navy and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. Therefore, the operation to search for fragments of the ball is actually interdepartmental in nature.

Comments

[I dare to_notice_]

Wild people!
These US military...
Soviet classics to help you!
"Excuse me, I would like to know what color it was when it was a balloon?
- Green.
- My favorite color is. And what size?
- Almost from me.
- Just think, almost from you ... My favorite size ... "(c),

But now he can fit in a pot!

[The black]

Such balloons fly quite high, near the stratosphere, so their practical use for surveillance is doubtful. There are space satellites for this, and there is more serious equipment for photo and video filming. But Americans just need a reason for another scandal

[The black]

Long and expensive research will show that this balloon is made in China

[NDR-791]

Quote: Black

Long and expensive research will show that this balloon is made in China

And what is a weather balloon anyway? Fu-22, AIM-9X Sidewinder, research vessel USNS Pathfinder, a myriad of military personnel, specialists from the Criminal Investigation Service of the US Navy and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. There is nowhere to put money! Although ... most likely another intra-American scandal can cost more. Therefore, everyone is "looking for a button"

[Uncle lee]

Quote: NDR-791

it's actually a weather balloon

China demanded the return of expensive meteorological equipment!

[faiver]

In terms of? they shot down the fourth, today is the seventh, they didn’t collect for three days and thought about it?

[Blackmokona]

Quote: faiver

In terms of? they shot down the fourth, today is the seventh, they didn’t collect for three days and thought about it?

They are just dumb journalists. So they started right after the downing.

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

Arestovich said that China had only 2-3 hangs left ...

[rotmistr60]

And what do they want to find in the wreckage? Bacteriological weapons (assumptions were put forward) or top-secret equipment (which is already ridiculous). It will be painfully insulting if, in addition to the remnants of "meteorological equipment", they find a portrait of a smiling Xi Jinping autographed for Biden.

[HAM]

Don’t go to your grandmother --- after spending quite a lot of money looking for spy equipment and not finding anything, unless, of course, it’s really a weather balloon --- the Americans still have to find it, and they will find it ... That’s not why this epic with the probe was untwisted to confirm the words of the Chinese ...

[_simply]

I wonder if they will sell this on Alishka? I also want to start aside ... I liked how exceptional they boil in the States.