The White House spoke about the damage to the United States from the Chinese balloon

A Chinese balloon that was shot down in the sky over the Atlantic failed to do much damage to the United States and collect a large amount of intelligence, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, during a regular briefing.

According to him, this is not the first time he has had to respond to critical remarks on this issue against the administration of US President Joe Biden.

According to him, “not a single American, neither on earth nor in the sky,” suffered from the balloon.

“No significant amount of intelligence was collected by the Chinese balloon,” Kirby said.

Earlier it was reported about the detection of a Chinese balloon over the territory of the United States. According to the US Department of Defense, he flew over the Aleutian Islands and the territory of Canada before entering the atmosphere over the northern states of the United States. The Pentagon declared that the ball belonged to China and destroyed it. The Pentagon later reported that American experts were able to examine valuable equipment from the downed Chinese balloon, the Pentagon said in a statement.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry first called for an end to speculation on information about the appearance of an alleged Chinese balloon over the United States until all the circumstances were clarified. Then the Foreign Ministry admitted that the balloon was indeed Chinese. They specified that the balloon was used for scientific research, and ended up over the United States because it deviated from the route due to the wind.

The story with the ball happened on the eve of the scheduled visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. He notified the Chinese side of the decision to postpone the trip due to the balloon situation.