Navy technicians well-versed in diving and explosives were part of the mission.
The USS Carter Hall, an amphibious landing ship, was collecting debris in the vicinity of the splashdown while the USNS Pathfinder was using sonar to locate debris underwater.
General Glen VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command , said during a Monday briefing that the balloon shot down over the Atlantic and off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, wasHe also said that the magnitude of the debris was likely enormous, extending about 1,500 meters by 1,500 meters—or more than 15 football fields by 15 football fields.
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon on February 5, 2023, off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. U.S. fighter aircraft operating under U.S. Northern Command authority engaged and destroyed a high-altitude surveillance balloon over U.S. territorial waters at the order of US President Joe Biden and with the full support of the Canadian Government.The remnants of the balloon, which had floated southeastward across the U.S.
The operation included precautions for the potential presence of explosives or toxic substances, VanHerck said. Any remnants floating near shore were told to be left alone by civilians.
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