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The United States held briefings in Washington and Beijing with foreign diplomats from 40 nations about the Chinese spy balloon that entered US airspace in late January, a senior administration official and diplomats said on Tuesday. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman briefed nearly 150 foreign diplomats across 40…

The US Navy has released photos of its recovery of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot out of the sky.

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The photographs are dated 5 February, the day after the balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina

Balloon falls six miles off the coast of Carolina after being shot down by US military

General says the Air Force initially didn't shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon over Alaska because it was not a military threat.

The US shot down the balloon after it travelled over sensitive military sites across North America

The craft, which Beijing says was a meteorological airship blown off course, was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean.

China's flight of a suspected surveillance balloon over the United States appears to mark a more aggressive - albeit puzzling - espionage tactic than relying on satellites and the theft of industrial and defense secrets, security experts said.