John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for the White House National Security Council, said the Chinese balloon, which was shot down over the Atlantic, failed to gather enough intelligence about the United States during its flight. This was reported by the press service White House.
“Significant intelligence has not been collected by the Chinese bubble,” Kirby said at the briefing.
According to the White House representative, he has already adequately reacted to criticism of the American administration. He stressed that during the operation to hit this target, not a single American was injured, neither in the air nor on the ground.
On February 12, the US military was successful. destroy This is the fourth air object in the last 8 days, including a Chinese balloon that crossed the US and was stopped over the Atlantic. Now in Washington, they are learning for what purpose the balloons were launched, except for the espionage version. The investigation into the discovery of the balloons continues, the exact version is not yet known.