Watch Video: Chinese Spy Balloon, Roughly the Size of Three Buses Shoot Down By US Fighter Jets
US Fighter Jets Shoot Down Chinese Spy Balloon Over Atlantic Ocean
US local media reported Saturday that in a “national security effort”, three US airports were shut down and a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the country’s east coast.
The Chinese balloon, roughly the size of three buses, had been tracked in US airspace, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Chinese aircraft is believed to have surveillance capabilities.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has cancelled his upcoming historic trip to Beijing as a sign of protest against the intrusion of US airspace by China.
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US secretary of defense Lloyd Austin called the operation a “deliberate and lawful action” that came in response to China’s “unacceptable violation of our sovereignty”.
A senior defence official, while still allowing authorities to collect the fallen debris from US territorial waters, said was the military’s first chance to take on the balloon “in a way that would not pose a threat to the safety of Americans”, reported AP.
President Joe Biden, who earlier Saturday had promised “to take care” of the balloon, congratulated the fighter pilots involved.
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