Foreign news agencies reported from Washington.

US military observation aircraft close slot ท รู วอ เลท up photography The "object of suspicion" is a Chinese "spy balloon" that was shot down earlier this month.

Foreign news agencies reported from Washington. United States on February 23 that the US Department of Defense published photos. China's 'spy balloon' captures a close-up selfie By the pilot of the Lockheed U-2 military reconnaissance aircraft on February 3, while a balloon hovered over the central US region. Before being shot down by an F-22 fighter jet into the sea off the coast of South Carolina on February 4th.

According to US security sources, the suspicious object appeared in US airspace for the first time. In Alaska on January 28, it entered Canadian airspace on January 30 and re-entered US airspace in Idaho on January 31. Jan. After that, the object moves across the US mainland, not the sea, making it difficult to shoot.

In addition, the balloon passed by Malmstrom Air Force Base, one of the major US nuclear bases. which holds about 150 nuclear warheads in Montana. Added to the concern of the security department. Although the preliminary assessment that This balloon shouldn't be there. "Advanced Potential"