The Latest Breaking News on Chinese balloon ‘did not collect any information’, Pentagon says

Preliminary investigations indicate that the Chinese ‘weather balloons’ in the news earlier this year were indeed designed for spying on Americans.

President Biden made the comments ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s high-profile diplomatic visit to Beijing

The US military has been tracking the balloon since late last week after it flew across parts of Hawaii. It did not venture into any sensitive areas or pose a threat to air traffic

Documents allegedly leaked by Jack Teixeira show US knew of at least three balloons beyond one shot down in February

A Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by the U.S. in February carried solar panels that could generate enough electricity to power a type of radar that can generate images at night and through clouds, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing leaked U.S. intelligence documents.

The leaked documents also detail a lack of ‘strong senior’ oversight of the balloon surveillance program

China has made it clear that the unmanned civilian airship that flew over U.S. terriory was an unexpected and isolated event, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

China managed to pick up information from U.S. military sites using the large surveillance balloon that American officials shot down in early February, according to a new report.

US officials say the balloon’s capabilities weren’t any more sophisticated than China’s existing fleet of spy satellites