First Images Released of China Spy Balloon Recovery Efforts

U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), released the first images of the operation to recover debris from Monday’s downed Chinese spy ball.

The U.S. Navy deployed Coast Guard vessels and Coast Guard vessels off the coast South Carolina’s coast on Saturday, after China’s surveillance boat was shot down by the U.S. Divers and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), are working together to recover and locate pieces of the downed craft. Military officials claim it weighed thousands of pound.

President Biden’s administration hopes that the craft will provide significant intelligence to the United States. It was allowed to cross all of the continental United States last Wednesday.

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US forces retrieve debris from a shot-down Chinese surveillance ballon.

U.S. Navy ships and Coast Guard ships deployed divers in order to recover debris from the Chinese balloon that was downed.

After the US downed a Chinese surveillance balloon, a Coast Guard helicopter assisted in its recovery.

During the Chinese spy balloon recovery, a US service member looks on.

NORTHCOM also released photos of the F-22 fighter aircraft that took off Saturday from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.

Biden is believed to have ordered that the Chinese craft be shot down on Wednesday. However, the military recommended waiting until the balloon was above open water for safety reasons.

NORAD chief Gen. Glen VanHerck Reporters interviewed In a press conference on Monday, VanHerck answered questions about why the U.S. didn’t shoot down China’s surveillance craft that crossed Alaska’s Aleutian Islands earlier this week. VanHerck confirmed that NORAD detected the craft prior to it entering Alaskan airspace. However, he stated that he did not know how to verify this. “could not” You should immediately take action as the balloon didn’t pose any direct threat.

U.S. forces take pieces of China’s surveillance satellite balloon out of the sea.

U.S. forces drag debris from China’s surveillance balloon onto a boat just off South Carolina’s coast.

U.S. forces drag debris from China’s surveillance balloon onto a boat just off South Carolina’s coast.

“The domain awareness was there as it approached Alaska. It was my assessment that this balloon did not present a physical military threat to North America,” VanHerck stated Monday. “This is under my NORAD hat and therefore, I could not take immediate action because it was not demonstrating hostile act or hostile intent.”

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VanHerc was then asked by reporters why the U.S. felt so confident in its ability to limit the Chinese craft’s capabilities. Capability to gather information VanHerck claims that the military took precautions as the craft crossed the continental U.S. VanHerck states that the military covered all sensitive areas, but declined to give specifics.

VanHerck stated that officials believed there might be explosives aboard the craft in an effort to destroy it in case of capture or discovery.

Langley Air Force Base is where an F-22 fighter jet takes off to shoot down China’s spy balloon. (US NORTHCOM)

Langley Air Force Base is where an F-22 fighter jet takes off to shoot down China’s spy balloon. (US NORTHCOM)

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Capitol Hill Republicans are slamming Biden’s handling the incident. They want more information on the intelligence that the Chinese craft may possess during its journey across America. 

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