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U.S. Navy releases photos of Chinese spy balloon recovery effort
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The U.S. Navy released photos Tuesday of its recovery effort of a suspected Chinese spy balloon, which U.S. fighter jets shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday.
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Defense officials said Saturday that the mission to recover a shot-down Chinese spy balloon was underway and was being conducted by U.S. Navy and Coast Guard personnel.
The U.S. military says a single sidewinder missile from an F-22 Raptor shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina at 2:39 p.m. on Saturday.
U.S. defense officials are working to recover the wreckage of a Chinese balloon downed near South Carolina, as relations between the two countries are further strained.
US navy personnel worked to recover on Sunday the debris of a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down after it floated over North America for days.China
After the US shot down a suspected surveillence ballon, the Navy is searching for the remnants. China said the move was "damaging" to the two countries' ties.
The U.S. military has had some initial success in recovering aspects of the Chinese spy balloon that it shot down on Saturday after it traversed across the continental United States last week.
The spy balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina at the weekend, with the U.S. Navy now working to recover the debris for analysis at Quantico.
Using underwater drones, warships and inflatable vessels, the Navy is carrying out an extensive operation to gather all of the pieces of the massive Chinese spy balloon a U.S. fighter jet shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.
The balloon debris is scattered in waters that are about 50 feet deep, but stretch across an area 15 football fields long and 15 football fields across.
By Haley Britzky, CNN The US Navy released photos Tuesday of its recovery effort of a suspected Chinese spy balloon, which US fighter jets shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. The photos from Sunday show sailors from a Navy explosive disposal team pulling debris from the deflated balloon o…
The U.S. Navy released the first official photos of the Chinese spy balloon being recovered from the Atlantic Ocean after it was shot down Saturday afternoon.
