US official: Chinese balloon’s equipment ‘clearly’ for spying

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 — Images from U2 spy planes showed that the Chinese balloon that flew over the United States last week was unmistakably equipped for collecting intelligence and not weather data, a US official said today.

“It was equipped with solar panels large enough to produce the requisite power to operate multiple active intelligence collection sensors,” the official said, on grounds of anonymity. The official indicated that the US believes the balloon was under the control of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and is part of a fleet of balloons that China has sent over more than 40 countries on five continents to collect intelligence information.

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