The Biden administration has determined the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that traversed the United States last week was operating with electronic surveillance technology capable of monitoring U.S. communications, according to a senior State Department official.
The balloon “was capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations” and was part of a fleet that had flown over “more than 40 countries across five continents.”
"We know the PRC used these balloons for surveillance," the official said. "High resolution imagery from U-2 flybys revealed that the high-altitude balloon was capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations."
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