Chinese spy balloon gathered intelligence from U.S. military sites, senior U.S. officials say



Two senior U.S. officials and one former U.S. official have confirmed to NBC News that the Chinese spy balloon that flew across North America in February was able to gather intelligence from several military sites. NBC News’ Dan de Luce has the details. 

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30 comments

  1. USA are honestly too sensitive to china.
    They don't realise what they are doing themselves. And why hide your military so much?

  2. The obvious next question is — who’s getting fired over this? But we all know the answer, don’t we?

    Unless you can dig up a Republican or some rank-and-file ‘nobody’ to take the fall for you — precisely zero people will be fired.

  3. Chinese officials confirmed they received real time information and made several passes over different areas. Biden gave China and Russia a map of targets to blow up. Then he lies about it. American lives and safety is in his hands and that is disturbing. China and Russia is preparing to destroy us and Biden is doing nothing and our military is suffering a recruitment crisis.

  4. With such report over blow to pieces that dropped into the ocean evidence how plausible is the allegation?

    Couldn't U.S. bring down the balloon without blowing it in order to have intact evidence?

  5. This is what Fox News told us when it was happening

  6. Biden and everybody knew this

  7. So Biden is definitely working with China because he didn’t shoot this down and allowed it to gather intelligence over the US

  8. What remains unspoken,
    1) Pentagon identified the balloon before reaching Alaska.
    2) Biden ALLOWED the balloon to complete its mission to spy upon US Military bases.
    3) After completion of mission to collect data via spy balloon, Biden destroyed all evidence of the equipment used.

    Oddly this Treasonous Act isn’t important to state sponsored media who has chosen complicity!

  9. Of course Beijing Biden allowed it to cross over the continental US and key military bases

  10. American universities teach Chinese students everything about modern technologies, then they go back to China and do what the Chinese government wants.

  11. Clearly, our government screwed up. The issue is not which party is in power or which party is making an issue of it. It took too long for the US to identify the balloon and too long for the US to remove the balloon. Move beyond which party is in power and start addressing the real issue.

  12. "Republican lawmakers are seizing on this"
    Because Xi cut his 3 day Moscow visit short after meeting Putin and now they feel safe to challenge him.
    Tells me they fear him.
    Tells me they are cowards.

  13. Yeah and they also said that Iraq were the terrorists but that was just a front to go and steal their resources

  14. WE dont know if it actually came from china this the same country that accused Iraq of having weapons of mass destruction we still haven't seen

  15. The White House announced a mega project that it will build a floating fence to protect our airspace from 1800 feet to 4000 feet. The fence will be layed out around the perimeter of continent of north america, which includes our allied Canada. The House has passed a bill that supports the project. Only companies owned by american can bid for the project.

  16. Is biden going to wait when they start taking out our missiles that Biden let them map with their balloon Wake up America these people are destroying this country

  17. 外县表弟:“我就服你的人品”

    大概过了六年,我婆婆的外甥、外甥女等七人,在大年初一,从外县来给婆婆拜年。婆婆也是外县的,我们本村还有一个姨婆婆,她有两个儿子,都早已成家。他们都不主动招待客人,把客人都推到我家来了。那好,我就用修炼人的心态对待一切,放下人心,不攀比,热情款待客人。

    然后,我到集市买菜,忙了一上午,做了三桌子菜。两个姨表弟加小叔子一家,还有小姑子一家,他们四大家子人来我家聚会,非常热闹。

    中午吃饭时,有一个外县表弟是个自来水公司经理,有专用司机。他把这一切都看在眼里,他说:“嫂子,我就服你的人品。”

    之前,我们见过两次面,给他讲过大法真相。他不说不好,也不说好,也不表态,就是笑。这次是第三次见面,我说:我的人品是大法改变的。然后,给他讲大法真相,大家都听明白了真相,都退出了邪党的组织。

  18. China is looking for the weak point in the laser frequency wall ..

  19. it should have been shot out of the sky when the balloon made multiple passes over the military site because it's no longer a wayward balloon due to wind current, it was piloted

  20. And his that phone he's using pictures

  21. They know all my data from joey magania Hernandez menchakca Perez on his direct line NSA use only

  22. Xièxiè bài dēng xiānshēng, nín de zhīpiào yǐ yóujì

  23. Chinese Military soldiers are already here in States waiting order to attack American Citizen.

  24. And the real facts, not the alternative facts, to support this claim can be found where . . . . . ?

  25. This is what communist countries do before they project their terrorist assault! Creepy Asians creep like insects! Look like insects but weak as 🪱

  26. What do you expect under the Biden administration…

  27. Surprised all the rednecks didnt fire their 50 bmgs at that pigeon lol come on america were supposed to be the baddest people on the planet😂

  28. But but they told everyone they didn't collect anything . Good thing they let it keep going . 😂