{"id":72927,"date":"2023-06-29T20:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T20:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/29\/dod-chinese-spy-balloon-did-not-collect-transmit-data-over-the-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:32:37","slug":"dod-chinese-spy-balloon-did-not-collect-transmit-data-over-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/06\/29\/dod-chinese-spy-balloon-did-not-collect-transmit-data-over-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD: Chinese spy balloon did not collect, transmit data over the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon said Thursday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/02\/02\/chinese-surveillance-balloon-detected-over-montana\/\">Chinese spy balloon that flew across<\/a> the continental United States earlier this year did not collect any data during its flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has been our assessment now that [the spy balloon] did not collect while it was transiting the United States or overflying the United States,\u201d Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during the briefing. \u201cAnd as we said at the time, we also took step steps to mitigate potential collection efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense officials had previously said the spy balloon did not transmit data back to Beijing, but had not said whether the devices attached to the spy balloon had been able to collect data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spy balloon entered U.S. airspace on Jan. 28 over the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, then made its way across Canada and the continental United States. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/02\/02\/chinese-surveillance-balloon-detected-over-montana\/\" target=\"_blank\">airborne craft was spotted by the public over Montana<\/a>, flying near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/minuteman-missiles-on-the-great-plains.htm\" target=\"_blank\">military installations including nuclear missile silos<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/02\/02\/chinese-surveillance-balloon-detected-over-montana\/\">North American Aerospace Defense Command<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryder declined to confirm a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/chinese-balloon-used-american-tech-to-spy-on-americans-2e3f5039\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> report that parts of the balloon\u2019s systems were constructed from commercially available American-made technology, nor did he explain whether factors like U.S. electronic warfare blocked the spy balloon from gathering data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/02\/17\/chinese-spy-balloon-clean-up-complete\/#:~:text=A%20U.S.%20military%20fighter%20jet,South%20Carolina%20coast%20on%20Saturday.&#038;text=An%20Air%20Force%20F%2D22,feet%20tall%2C%20Air%20Force%20Gen.\">Air Force F-22 shot it down<\/a> using an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. 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