Secret documents allegedly leaked from pentagonor a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Jack Teixeirashow that US intelligence officials were aware of four other Chinese Spy Balloons, in addition to sailing over the entire country earlier this year.
One of the previously unknown balloons flew over the strike group of the US aircraft carrier. in the Pacific, according to The Washington Post.
Another Chinese spy ballooncodenamed Bulger-21 by US officials, completed a circumnavigation of the world from December 2021 to May 2022.according to top-secret documents with which this media got acquainted.
The documents mention the third balloon, named Accardo-21, and a fourth is mentioned that crashed in the South China Sea, It is not clear if the Bulger-21 and Accardo-21 were the same balloons that crashed and overflew the US carrier group, according to the Washington Post.
The documents also show that the balloon that crossed the continental United States in January and February and was then shot down off the coast of South Carolina was codenamed “Killin 23”.
Apparently, according to the newspaper, the balloons are named after famous criminals such as mobster Tony Accardo or fellow gangsters James “Whitey” Bulger and Donald Killin.
It is believed that the downed Chinese balloon was capable of generating enough power to operate “any” surveillance and reconnaissance technology, including a type of night vision radar that can penetrate clouds and thin material.
The Washington Post sourced this material from images of documents posted on the Discord platform. The young man suspected of spreading the information there, Jack Teixeira, was charged this Friday with crimes related to the transfer and extraction of classified information.
The impact this leak will have is still unknown, but some analysts have compared it to what the country experienced in 2013, when former analyst Edward Snowden exposed the extent of the massive spyware launched by the United States in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. September 2001
The first Chinese hot air balloon to become public, at one time provoked a bilateral crisis between the two countries. Beijing admitted that the balloon was its own, but defended itself by saying it was lost and used for meteorological purposes, not espionage.
Source: La Opinion
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