5 minutes agoThe collapse of the suspected spy balloon in the United States reacts to China
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(3 years ago)The United States has crashed an alleged Chinese spy balloon on the shores of the US state of South Carolina, a week after it entered US airspace and caused a dramatic string of spying that deteriorated relations between Beijing and Washington. The military attack on Saturday brought immediate response from China, which [...]
The military attack on Saturday brought immediate response from China, which warned of necessary “responses” and insisted that the subx2 civil airship without pilot” was a weather research balloon that had been lost in US airspace “automatically”, writes Al Jazeera.
US defence officials said several fighter planes were involved in Saturday's mission, but only an F-22 fighter jet from Langley Air Base in Virginia shot at 2:39 a 9X air-air supersonic missile.
Ballona, which had flown to about 18,300m ft), crashed about six nautical miles off the coast of South Carolina.
US President Joe Biden told reporters he had issued an order Wednesday to bring down the balloon, but the Pentagon had recommended waiting until it could be done on open water to protect civilians from the crash on Earth.
We successfully removed it and I want to compliment our aircraft that did it,” said Biden in Maryland.
