>>18303123 Here ya go Baker
FTA: The Pentagon has released sensational photographs showing the Navy's retrieval of a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over the Atlantic Ocean.
The mission off the coast of South Carolina has taken days, and comes as relations between Beijing and Washington rapidly deteriorate after the high-altitude aircraft was shot down on Saturday.
Defense officials confirmed earlier this week that an amphibious warship, as well as several divers and underwater robots, had been deployed to survey a specific 'square mile' of ocean where the remains of the balloon were thought to be located.
Photos released Tuesday morning show the fruits of those efforts, with sailors assigned to Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group seen pulling out the wreckage from the ocean.
Beijing, meanwhile, insists the unconfirmed craft was deployed for 'meteorological purposes', and has spoken out vehemently against its destruction.