The U.S. military has recovered the debris of the Chinese balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. “Crews were able to recover key components of the crash site, including all key sensors and electronics that were identified, as well as much of the structure,” US military command North said Monday.
Important sensors, which were probably used to collect information, were also secured. The CBS broadcaster reported on Monday evening (local time) that it was an antenna device about ten meters high. The shot-down balloon had “multiple antennas” and was likely capable of “gathering and locating communications,” according to the US State Department. Beijing denies that. According to Chinese information, the balloon is civilian research equipment from China. The US accuses China of launching the balloon for espionage purposes.
On Friday, a second object was shot down near Deadhorse, Alaska. A third object was destroyed on Saturday over Canada’s Yukon. On Sunday, a US fighter jet shot down the fourth flying object over the US-Canada border over Lake Huron.
signs of de-escalation
The dispute over the flying objects has further clouded already tense relations between the two superpowers. However, there are the first positive signs and signs of a de-escalation: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is considering a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference next weekend, Reuters learned on Monday. Blinken had canceled a planned trip to Beijing for early February because of the balloon dispute.
Source: Krone
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