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Chinese balloon ‘did not collect any information’, Pentagon says - C C - Jun 30, 2023
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/china-spy-balloon-intelligence-pentagon-b2367078.html
EXCERPTS: The Pentagon said the US military “took steps to mitigate” the collection of intelligence by the balloon. “It’s been our assessment now that it did not collect intelligence while it was transiting the United States or overflying the United States,” said Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder.
[...] He said that the balloon had “intelligence collection capabilities".
[..] analysis from several US defence and intelligence agencies revealed that the balloon was equipped with American-made surveillance gear, Walls Street Journal reported, citing US officials.
It had more specialised Chinese sensors and other equipment to collect photographs, video and other information to transmit data to China, the report said.
The analysis suggested that the device was intended for spying but did not send data from its eight-day trip over Alaska, Canada and some other contiguous US states back to China, the report said... (MORE - missing details)