Spying on the spy balloon:
U-2 Spy Planes Snooped On Chinese Surveillance Balloon
"The U.S. Air Force's U-2S Dragon Lady spy planes were among the assets tapped
to monitor and collect intelligence on a Chinese government surveillance balloon
during its recent trip across parts of the continental United States and Canada. An
F-22 Raptor stealth fighter finally shot down the balloon with an AIM-9X
Sidewinder missile off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, and efforts are
now underway to recover the wreckage from the Atlantic Ocean. Readers of The
War Zone can first get up to speed on what we already know about this incident,
and its conclusion, in our past reporting here.
A U.S. defense official confirmed the use of the U-2S as part of the broader
response to the Chinese spy balloon to The War Zone today. It's not immediately
clear all the points along the balloon's voyage that U-2s were present."
See:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...llance-balloon