The US Navy, in partnership with the US Coast Guard, and multiple units including ships, aircraft, and a mobile EOD dive and rescue unit, took down the “Chinese Airship”.
According to local media, quoting US officials, the balloon is 60 meters long and could weigh hundreds of kilograms.
The efforts of the American forces to eliminate the Chinese airship until the moment it was withdrawn and removed from the waters of the coast opposite the country.
This photo provided by the US Navy shows Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 retrieving a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 5, 2023.
The US military shot down a Chinese zeppelin that entered US airspace.
This photo provided by the US Air Force shows a US Air Force pilot taking off in an F-22 Raptor at Joint Base Langley, Eustis, Virginia, on February 4, 2023.
Navy personnel work on a device aboard a ship along the Intercoastal Waterway in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 7, 2023.
In this photo provided by the US Navy, a US Coast Guard helicopter flies over a debris field during efforts to recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon, on February 4, 2023, off the coast of South Carolina.
A Navy truck tows a boat on the Intercoastal Waterway in North Myrtle Beach.
Navy personnel work on a device aboard a ship along the Intercoastal Waterway in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 7, 2023.
A Navy boat cruises the Intercoastal Waterway in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 7, 2023.
This photo provided by the US Navy shows sailors assigned to Group 2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal recovering a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 5, 2023.
This photo provided by the US Navy shows sailors assigned to Group 2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal recovering a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 5, 2023.