{"id":1960939,"date":"2023-06-29T20:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T00:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spy-balloon-did-not-collect-data-while-transiting-us-pentagon\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T20:13:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T00:13:35","slug":"chinese-spy-balloon-did-not-collect-data-while-transiting-us-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spy-balloon-did-not-collect-data-while-transiting-us-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon denies Chinese spy balloon collected US data."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-spy-balloon-did-not-collect-data-while-transiting-us-pentagon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960939&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0630\/19e1e0c7-744e-4268-ba6d-1c033053b37c\/audio.mp3?length=2829933&#038;duration=236\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Chinese Spy Balloon Shot Down Near U.S. Military Sites<\/h2>\n<p>The Chinese spy balloon that flew over sensitive U.S. military sites earlier this year did not collect or transmit any information before it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-spy-ballon-shot-down-falling-toward-atlantic_5034316.html\">shot down<\/a> off the Carolina coast, the Pentagon told reporters on June 29.<\/p>\n<p>The balloon, which flew from Alaska to the East Coast, came equipped with commercially available U.S.-made gear that allowed it to take photos and videos and gather other information, according to media reports on Thursday citing preliminary findings from a government-led investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The gear was mixed with some more specialized Chinese sensors and other equipment in what officials saw as an inventive surveillance attempt by Beijing, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/chinese-balloon-used-american-tech-to-spy-on-americans-2e3f5039\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, which first reported on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder on Thursday wouldn\u2019t confirm whether U.S. components were on the balloon, but said the department was aware of previous cases where foreign militaries have used off-the-shelf U.S. equipment such as drones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, that in of itself is not surprising,\u201d he said at a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Although the balloon had \u201cintelligence collection capabilities,\u201d Ryder said the Pentagon determined that \u201cit did not collect while it was transiting the United States or overflying the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defense officials have previously said they took measures to limit the balloon\u2019s capacity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-tiktok-is-tracking-users-keystrokes-on-external-websites\/\" title=\"Report: Tiktok Is Tracking Users Keystrokes On External Websites\">gather sensitive information<\/a>, and \u201ccertainly the efforts that we made contributed,\u201d said Ryder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5234610\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/01\/id5234610-2023-04-03T214113Z_3_LYNXMPEJ320DY_RTROPTP_4_USA-CHINA-BALLOON-CONGRESS-1200x792.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tA U.S. Air Force U-2 pilot looks down at the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovers over the central continental United States on Feb. 3, 2023 before later being shot down by the Air Force off the coast of South Carolina, in this photo released by the U.S. Air Force through the Defense Department on Feb. 22, 2023. (U.S. Air Force\/Department of Defense\/Handout via Reuters)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>The balloon\u2019s incursion led to further strain in the already tense U.S.-China relationship, causing Secretary of State Antony Blinken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/blinken-postpones-beijing-trip-after-chinese-spy-balloon-discovery_5032033.html\">postpone a scheduled meeting<\/a> to Beijing, which he completed recently. Following the downing of the balloon, Beijing rebuffed a call from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and has refused several U.S. requests for military-to-military communication.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. administration has assessed the balloon as a part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/silent-killer-inside-chinas-military-balloon-program_5061289.html\">vast Chinese surveillance program<\/a> that targets over 40 countries. Officials have described it to be as big as about three buses. It had antennas capable of intercepting communications and solar panels that can enable it to \u201coperate multiple active intelligence collection censors,\u201d the State Department previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-spy-balloon-carried-technology-to-monitor-communication-signals-official_5045934.html\">told<\/a> The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>David Stilwell, who served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\/\" title=\"Pentagon Pauses Plan To Offer Vaccines To Guantanamo Bay Detainees\">assistant secretary<\/a> of state for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Trump administration, said that reports of U.S. components being used on the balloon to spy on the country should help Americans \u201cunderstand the real intent of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope we\u2019ll use this to get American companies to think twice about exporting sensitive, or any technology to the PRC,\u201d he told NTD, a sister outlet of The Epoch Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon confirmed on June 29 that the Chinese spy balloon, which flew over sensitive U.S. military sites, was shot down off the Carolina coast. It did not gather or transmit any data during its journey from Alaska to the East Coast. 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