course, about sensitive intelligence. the basic capabilities of the reaper, it flies at 50,000 feet. almost as high as that balloon that we shot down off the coast of south carolina. what it does is it s an intelligence collection platform. it can be an armed platform. in this particular case, i m certain it was intelligence collection platform. supports strike missions but mainly done for surveillance. one big thing about this is it has a range of about 1150 miles. it can stay up for about 24 hours. it has a big wing span of 66 feet. it s wider than a lot of aircraft. it can do a lot of collection intelligence sources, signals and imagery intelligence. p that s why it s a big deal to make sure that russians don t know exactly how good it is at collecting this kind of intelligence. do you have any insight into
something like this, you see the different pieces that are a raid on the chessboard of the world right here. and when the key things is that when you use weapon systems like the reaper, you ve got something that is really known for not only its weapons capability, but also as an intelligence collection platform, which is what it was most likely doing. because what it does is it takes signals intelligence and imagery intelligence, depending on the package it has on board, and correlates that data and sends it back work be processed by command centre. so, when you look at the area that we ve got around here, there s a lot going on. and the tensions, given the fact that you ve got systems going up in this area, you ve got fighting all along here. and in the bigger map, you have all these different areas right in here. so, anything that could happen here could clearly spill over into other areas. but why are these u.s.
some type of a collection platform. we don t know that yet, but they decided they didn t want to take this chance again. as a result, we have what we have at the moment. kylie atwood to you. the question of who s responsible. the words that still stick with me are from john kirby and he said i have no idea who owns this. what do you know about the efforts happening right now potentially to find that out? of course the first country that most people think of is china, considering that blalloon that just passed over the u.s. a couple of days ago. yeah, that s right. i think there is a widespread effort to figure out where this came from and who owns it. multiple officials saying today from the white house and the pentagon, the u.s. doesn t know if this is state owned or privately owned. so they re really trying to figure out who owns this and where it came from, because they first detected it just yesterday when it came close and then into
one, it s a threat because it s gathering intelligence. but nobody disagrees it didn t see anything they can see from the satellite. it can last longer and look closer. and the key is, what is the advantage of letting it go? if you re thinking of it as anan intelligence officer, it s their collection platform. can we get its telemetry. can we still do that? we can pick up the pieces. it s going to otd, operation technology division. they will put the preisses together and see what they recognize because this is the time stuff they build there. the key is, will they be able to find something, collected data that can be repaired or downloaded. that s why it s a collection platform. if it s here, let s take advantage of it.
but the key is what is the advantage of letting it go. and if you re thinking of it as an intelligence officer you re saying it s their collection platform. let s make it our collection platform. can you get it telemetry can be seen what it s sending? and then it s scattered into 1 million pieces. can we still do that? you can pick up the pieces, it s going to ltd. and the fbi in washington operation technology division. they re gonna put the pieces together and see what they recognize because of the same stuff they built their. with a lot of partners from other agencies, but the key is, will they be able to find something that collected data that could be repaired or downloaded. and that is why it s a bit of a collection platform. if it s here, let s take advantage of it. sean, do you have any falls on? that number, one of the intel community could assess what it was to shut it down earlier, and what they be able to glean eiffel valuable stuff now that it s in the middle of the