Navy Contracted Salvage Ship Underway to Collect Chinese Spy Balloon Remains

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023. US Navy Photo

A contracted offshore supply vessel left Virginia bound for the crash site of the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina, USNI News has learned.

HOS Rosebud departed from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., Wednesday afternoon, according to ship spotters. Defense officials confirmed to USNI...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/08/navy-contracted-salvage-ship-underway-to-collect-chinese-spy-balloon-remains

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