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US Navy recovers Chinese balloon - in pictures

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US sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean. AP
FBI special agents assigned to the evidence response team process material recovered from the high-altitude balloon recovered off the coast of South Carolina. AP
US officials say the military has finished recovering the remnants of the large balloon and analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon. AP
US Navy frogmen recover debris from the Atlantic Ocean. Reuters
A US fighter jet approaches the large balloon off the coast of South Carolina. AP
US sailors recover a Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down at the weekend off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. US Navy / Reuters
The balloon landed and was recovered in US water. US Navy / EPA
Under orders from US President Joe Biden and with the full support of the Canadian government, American fighter jets shot down the balloon in US airspace. US Navy / EPA
A US Coast Guard helicopter flies over balloon debris during recovery work. US Navy / EPA
US sailors look for more debris. US Navy / EPA
The Department of Defence said the balloon was able to manoeuvre itself to a degree. US Navy / EPA
The Chinese government has insisted that it was a weather research balloon. US Navy / EPA

US sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean. AP

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