coalition, who explained the dangers of these munitions, especially for civilians. so, the cluster munition convention is ratified by over 120 created for a very good reason. it is because cluster munitions relate to a class of weapons which is indiscriminate which means there is no way they can distinguish between a civilian or military target given the huge size of the target hit by each munition which is football fields wide. so it is just not possible and that strike area, to distinguish between the military target and any civilians which might be in the area. there is a second problem, also mentioned. many of the bomblets which fly out when the main bomb opens up in the airfailed to explode so that means that they re going to sit on the ground will eventually get buried under the ground and act like landmines for years, decades to come, creating a terrible risk to civilians
understanding according to u. u.s. a military official, they have suspended recovery operations at least until monday because of the rough water conditions. from what we understand so far, they ve been able to recover a portion of the payload, the size of a fuss still mostly intact and this is where it is believed bulk of the onboard electronics are, there are two separate debris field out there, 50 feet below atlantic ocean, an area the size of 15 football fields long and 15 football fields wide. the navy uses underwater unmanned vehicles and sonar map the seafloor to help divers bring the bulk of the debris up to the surface. divers have limited amount of time the consent before they have to switch out so these instruments can be done for a long time and search and get up close and see things more
carolina where the salvage operation is moving forward. good morning, bryan. good morning. the f.b.i. says a majority of the chinese spy balloon remains underwater spread out in two separate sections in an area 15 football fields long and 15 football fields wide. they have not yet recovered the balloon s payload where it is said the majority of the onboard el elect electronics are funneled. a limited amount of electronics. the f.b.i. has become decontaminating it. extremely limited amount of evidence has made its way to the f.b.i. lab in virginia for analysis. according to two u.s. officials naval divers have recovered high-value equipment and some balloon debris was intact on the ocean floor 50 feet below.
that s dangerous for our country. also may be difficult to advocate for more information sharing with the public when presidents current and past have been caught red-handed mishandling sensitive information. stand by and stick with me i want to bring in bryan llenas, correspondent on the ground in south carolina he is at sea. crews are still working the salvage operation there and he has new information this moment. hi, what can you tell us? hi, look, the f.b.i. says that the majority of this spy ship is still underwater. there are two separate areas that they are searching in the ocean in the area the size of 15 football fields long and 15 football fields wide. the majority of the spy balloon s payload has not yet been recovered and that s where they believe the majority of onboard electronics will be
the bulk of the airship is 50 feet below and the debris field is 15 football fields by 15 football fields wide. one local salvage owner tells us debris constantly shifts underwater. we had probably 4-5 years ago, actually had a plane go down off of myrtle beach, and about 20-25-foot of water, very favorable conditions, it was about a week after it had gone down, and it took weeks and weeks to finally locate that plane, just because it was very light on the bottom and skipping along the bottom. naval crews are working around the clock as the weather conditions are expected to worsen heading into the weekend. neil? neil: bryan llenas, thank you very much for that fear i want to go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon right now where they are learnin used on the part of the chinese was much more widespread than we thought and now there is a concern that maybe it is still