He noted that "collecting and studying" the wreckage of the Chinese balloon will take some time and specialists
“But already now we have managed to obtain a lot of data about the capabilities and methods of conducting reconnaissance of this balloon, since we tracked it using various means while it was moving over US territory,” Sullivan was quoted by TASS.
On February 4, the US military shot down a Chinese balloon.
China called such a move excessive.
According to the Pentagon, the balloon was used to monitor US strategic facilities.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng said that the US actions against the Chinese balloon damaged the process of stabilizing China-US relations.