Spy balloons: China is now developing airships

China, whose spy balloons caused panic in the United States in early February, has developed an airship, reports CNN.

The channel was able to consult satellite images taken by the American company BlackSky in a desert, whose location is not communicated, in the northwest of the country.

His photographs were taken three months before the spy balloon was shot down off South Carolina.

The aircraft is about 30 meters long (100 feet) and would be located near a one kilometer long runway, and a hangar more than 270 meters long.

It could be used as a "

", according to the executive director of the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute, Jamey Jacobs, interviewed by our colleagues.

Propulsion and navigation capabilities have been specially designed, the channel adds, allowing it to navigate for a long time.

"

," added Jamey Jacobs.

Airships are "

" than satellites and are "

" than airplanes, a report by the

, a think tank very close to the US military, pointed out in 2018. Contacted by CNN, American and Chinese intelligence declined to respond.