US military recovers key sensors from downed Chinese spy balloon


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The remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic, just off the coast of South Carolina Photograph: Chad Fish/AP The US military has said it has recovered critical electronics from the suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by a US fighter jet off South Carolina’s coast on February 4th, including key sensors presumably used for intelligence gathering. "Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified as well as large sections of the structure," the US military's Northern Command said in a statement. The Chinese balloon, which Beijing...