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美国军方官员最近证实，上周探测到的中国气球属于一个全球监视项目，导致击落该气球的时间推迟。
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一位国务院官员表示，美国U-2间谍飞机收集的图像显示，该气球携带有一系列监视设备。
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众议院通过一项决议，指责中国 "公然侵犯 "美国主权，并呼吁拜登政府向国会通报这一事件。
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五角大楼高级官员杰迪迪亚-罗亚表示，美国军方 “近几个月比我们过去更了解这个气球计划”。
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击落气球的等待使军方得以观察它并了解中国的能力和技术。
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热气球在水面上被击落，以尽量减少对平民的伤害风险，并改善回收碎片的前景。
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五角大楼认为它知道中国试图用气球收集什么，但这些信息没有得到证实。
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众议院决议要求提供有关中国过去在全球使用监视气球事件的信息，所有已知的渗透美国领空的事件，最近的气球事件的时间表，对中国能够收集的数据的评估，以及美国军方对拜登政府的建议的说明。
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立法者的质询反映了华盛顿迫切需要确定应对中国威胁的战略。
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参议院就战略竞争时代的美中政策举行了单独的听证会，负责印度-太平洋安全事务的助理国防部长埃利-拉特纳称北京拒绝接听五角大楼关于气球的电话 “真的很危险”。
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联邦调查局已经从气球上找到了 “非常有限的物证”，并且还没有评估其能力。
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美国官员认为，该气球和它所连接的监视计划是由中国人民解放军指挥的。
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US military officials recently confirmed that the Chinese balloon detected last week belonged to a global surveillance program, leading to a delay in shooting it down.
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A State Department official stated that imagery collected by American U-2 spy planes showed that the balloon carried an array of surveillance equipment.
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The House of Representatives passed a resolution blaming China for a “brazen violation” of American sovereignty and calling for the Biden administration to keep Congress informed about the incident.
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The senior Pentagon official Jedidiah Royal stated that the US military was “more aware of this balloon program in recent months than we have been in the past.”
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The wait in shooting down the balloon allowed the military to observe it and understand China’s capabilities and tradecraft.
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The balloon was shot down over water to minimize risk of harm to civilians and to improve prospects of recovering debris.
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The Pentagon believes it knows what China was trying to collect with the balloon, but the information is not confirmed.
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The House resolution calls for information on past incidents of China’s global use of surveillance balloons, all known infiltrations of US airspace, a timeline of the recent balloon incident, an assessment of the data China was able to collect, and a description of the US military’s recommendations to the Biden administration.
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The grilling by lawmakers reflects the urgency in Washington to firm up a strategy to counter threats from China.
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A separate Senate hearing on US-China policy in the era of strategic competition was held, with Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, calling Beijing’s refusal to take a call from the Pentagon about the balloon “really dangerous.”
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The FBI has recovered “very limited physical evidence” from the balloon and has yet to assess its capabilities.
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American officials believe that the balloon and the surveillance program it is connected to is directed by China’s People’s Liberation Army.