Intelligence Analysts Distinguish Mysteries and Mysteries. A strange Chinese balloon flew over the US before being shot down over the Atlantic coast on Sunday. And this episode includes both elements..

The public spectacle of a spy balloon flying over America was a humiliation for the Joe Biden administration. But the administration can claim that it was waiting for the perfect moment to destroy the craft and seize its covert cargo.. And this strange case will be useful to US intelligence. American writer and journalist David Ignatius writes about this in an article for the Washington Post.. He notes that political clashes over the Chinese balloon have already begun in Washington..

Republicans Claim Biden Administration Showed Weakness By Allowing Chinese Device To Enter U.S. Airspace. Officials, in response, point out that the Donald Trump administration did not react at all to several similar cases.. However, then the balls did not fly so long or so far. They didn't even reach the continental US.

Ignatius Suggests Considering Intelligence Details of China's Balloon Accident by U.S. Official With Firsthand Knowledge of the Accident.

Part of the mysteries. China has been launching reconnaissance balloons for years. The Pentagon said that five of these Chinese devices flew around the world on Saturday evening.. And in the last decade, Beijing has conducted 20-30 such launches around the world.. Balloons do not collect more intelligence than Chinese satellites in low Earth orbit. However, they can hover longer over targets, such as the Montana ICBM site that the Chinese craft flew over a few days ago.. However, balloons are not stationary.. And their ability to collect signals is not much different from the capabilities of other systems available to China, said a Pentagon official..

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Hot air balloon can provide better photo detail. It is also possible that her task was to provoke American radar or electromagnetic warfare signals, which would be useful to know about in the event of a conflict in the future.. But collecting such data is of limited value.. There was also speculation that the balloon carried smaller spy devices: micro-drones that could spy on American secrets.. But officials said no evidence of such a version was found..

Also, the mysterious part will clear up more if the Pentagon can get their hands on the reconnaissance device that the balloon was carrying.. Apparently, this device fell into the Atlantic Ocean almost unscathed.. It may provide a useful opportunity to study and reproduce Chinese intelligence and communications systems.. Therefore, from an intelligence standpoint, Pentagon officials believe that a strange week-long balloon voyage could benefit the US more than China..

Part of the riddles. Intelligence does not know why China decided to conduct the mission now, on the day Secretary of State Anthony Blinken planned to visit the country. The visit was canceled due to a balloon flight.

“The clear possibility is that this was a Chinese attempt to bolster its power and reach at a time when Beijing is not doing well due to an economic slowdown, public political protests and poor management of the coronavirus pandemic.. The opportunity to “poke a stick in the eye” of the United States has always been attractive to the militant Xi Jinping regime,” suggests Ignatius.

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Why now?

Intelligence analysts are considering the possibility that the Chinese military or " It is also possible that it was just a mistake that happens in intelligence or military operations..

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Spies know how to collect secrets. This is what China did with the hot air balloon. And that is what the US will now do, trying to analyze the equipment he was carrying.. But intelligence cannot solve the mysteries, the biggest of which today is the question of the intentions and potential consequences of Xi Jinping's global efforts to bolster Chinese power..