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KONTAN.CO.ID – WASHINGTON. The United States Department of Defense confirmed on Thursday (6/29) that a Chinese spy balloon that flew across the country had not gathered information as alleged so far.

“We believe it (the data) was not collected while flying over the United States,” Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said. Reuters.

The alleged Chinese spy balloon flew across American and Canadian skies for a week before being shot down by the US military in February.

The shootout, which was ordered directly by US President Joe Biden, successfully dumped the balloon on the Atlantic coast.

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It’s called Using American Technology

Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Wednesday (6/28) reported that US defense and intelligence agencies found the balloon was carrying commercially available US equipment.

All of this equipment is operated in conjunction with more specialized Chinese sensors and other equipment to collect photos, videos and other information to send to China.

The results are believed to support the conclusion that the Chinese balloons were really used for espionage, not weather monitoring as China claims.

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Despite this, the balloon does not appear to send data back from its eight-day journey over Alaska, Canada and several adjacent US states back to China.

In February, the United States shot down a balloon belonging to China, suspected of being spy equipment. The incident exacerbated a diplomatic crisis, especially as the balloon flew over a sensitive military site.

The United States has even accused China of setting up a global surveillance program covering more than 40 countries on five continents using similar balloons.