The American Origins of the Chinese Intelligence Balloon

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 7, 2023) A Sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 conducts a search for debris with an underwater vehicle during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 7, 2023. At the direction of the President of the United States and with the full support of the Government of Canada, U.S. fighter aircraft under U.S. Northern Command authority engaged and brought down a high altitude surveillance balloon within sovereign U.S. airspace and over U.S. terr

A sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 conducts a search for debris with an underwater vehicle during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean on February 7, 2023. (US Navy Photo by Ryan Seelbach)

Bryan Clark appears on the Lars Larson Show to discuss the data potentially collected by the Chinese spy balloon, and the American origins of some of the sensors.

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The American Origins of the Chinese Intelligence Balloon

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