The US military unveiled the first official images of its Chinese spy balloon recovery efforts Tuesday — as sailors continued to trawl the South Carolina coast for debris from the downed craft.
Navy personnel were pictured hauling large sections of the high-altitude balloon — which US officials say measured 200 feet tall — from the waters off Myrtle Beach after the surveillance device was shot down on Saturday.
In one image, which offered the closest glimpse yet of the device, half a dozen sailors could be seen dragging pieces of the balloon’s white outer fabric and sections of its metal shell structure onto a vessel.
Military officials haven’t yet determined the condition of the device — or how many pieces it may be in — and unmanned underwater vehicles are being used to scan the sea floor to retrieve all remaining parts of the balloon.
nypost.com/2023/02/07/first-images-of-the-chinese-spy-balloon-recovery-efforts/
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