Chinese balloon’s equipment ‘clearly’ for spying; House unanimously condemns China’s actions

​Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2023
Images from U2 spy planes showed that the Chinese balloon that flew over the United States last week was unmistakably equipped for collecting intelligence and not weather data, a US official said Thursday.

Detailed images taken by high-altitude U2s showed the balloon’s payload equipment “was clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with the equipment onboard weather balloons,”