Key electronics have been recovered from China’s surveillance balloon that was shot down off the east coast by the U.S. military on Feb. 4, including sensors that are believed to have been used to gather intelligence, U.S. officials have said.
“Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified as well as large sections of the structure,” the U.S. Northern Command said in a statement.
The manoeuvrable balloon was shot down by U.S. jets earlier this month after entering U.S. airspace unannounced and being allowed to make its way across the United States to the Atlantic coast, according to defense officials….