U.S. not confirming reports Chinese spy balloon sent real-time data to Beijing
NBC News on Monday reported that the Chinese balloon was able to transmit data back to
in real time despite the U.S. government’s efforts to prevent it from doing so — a disclosure that could deepen Republican criticism of Biden for waiting for the balloon to reach a safe location before shooting it down.Read more:The White House and the Pentagon told reporters that they could not confirm that account. The Pentagon said experts were still analyzing debris collected from the balloon after it was shot down on Feb. 4.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.The balloon, which Beijing denies was a government spy vessel, spent a week flying over the United States and Canada before the U.S. military shot it down off the Atlantic Coast on Biden’s orders.
Canadian officials have not disclosed whether the balloon may have gathered any data from military bases near its flight path over western provinces. Defence Minister Anita Anand and senior military leaders have said U.S. agencies including the FBI and CIA are leading the investigation into what, if any, information was collected.A map demonstrating an approximation of the Chinese spy balloon’s path over Canada based on the description given by defence officials.Reuters has reported that the U.
The Chinese balloon incident prompted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to postpone a planned visit to Beijing and further strained relations between Washington and Beijing.The episode caused an uproar in Washington and led the U.S. military to search the skies for other objects that were not being captured on radar.The FBI has taken the lead in analysis since the United States said on Feb.
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